A review by dance64
The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden

3.0

It was okay. I like books that are based off mythology or fairy tales, but this one was a bit confusing. Ironically enough I just read the fairy tale this book is based off of, so it was pretty interesting to see this take on it. But for me there were way too many characters to keep track of. I was constantly confused about who was who and who did this and who said that and I was starting to get frustrated. Also, I was going to scream if Konstantin was called beautiful one more time. We get it. He's alluring. Cool. I don't care anymore.

Spoiler

He also reminds me of the priest dude in Hunchback of Notre Dame. Anyone? Just me? Okay.

Overall just an okay read. I would be interested enough to pick up the second one, but I'm in no rush.