''You're being awful to me for no reason? Well fuck you than.'' ''I'm not allowed to leave the tower? I'm gonna do it anyway.'' ''I can't do that? I'll show you I can.'' I really loved that about her. She wasn't gonna take any of the shit the Dragon was giving her for no reason at all. But what I liked most about her was how headstrong she is. She managed to trip over the air and is always covered in God knows what. She's not the prettiest girl out there, is clumsy and can't really do anything.
First of all we have Agnieszka (pronounced as ag-nyesh-ka).
Something that really made this book better are the characters in it. And the whole magic system was really nice, also unlike anything I had ever read before. I liked the whole concept of the Wood and it being very scary, even though I didn't fully understand everything going on in there. I never read a story like this before and I really liked that.
I did think this story was very unique, in a good way. Maybe I was a bit disappointed was also because I went into this with very high expectations, since most people I come across absolutely love this book. I understand that those were things that would be explained later on (turned out to be in the very end of the book), but as a reader I need something to build the world and its history in my head.ĭon't get me wrong, when you finish the entire book it's a very well put together story that ends up being thought through pretty well (apart from some things that still confuse me). I was confused about what the Wood was and what exactly it did. I was confused about why the Dragon was taking girls and why every 10 years. For me it felt like a mix of Beauty and the Beast and Rapunzel, but with more magic. Apparently this book is based off a Polish fairytale or has influences of it? I don't know the fairytale. I already have such a hard time writing a review for this book, because my feelings are so mixed. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. She knows - everyone knows - that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn't, and her dearest friend in the world. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river.
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