![]() ![]() Vasilisa is the youngest daughter of one of these boyars, but she’s not like the other girls. Despite the characters being wealthy for their day, compared to the modern day, it feels very rural and peasant-like. Some of the characters and places in the story were real, and the folklore is distinctly Russian as well, allowing you to immerse yourself into the life of an early Russian boyar family (boyars were wealthy landowners). The Bear and the Nightingale is set in early Russia, which is what drew me to the story in the first place. Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale is a story that reminds me of cold winter nights in front of a fire - which is why, after reading this book in April (when we were still receiving snowstorms in Colorado) that I thought it probably wouldn’t be a great idea to publish this review in July. ![]()
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