Winternight Trilogy Readalong! discussion

You've finished the book!!!! AHHHHH can't wait to hear all your thoughts!


GIVE ME YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS BOOK AND THE SERIES!
What was your rating?
Could you ever have imagined the route this series would take when we first met Vasya?
What are your final thoughts on the ending and where we leave Vasya?
Are you happy with the ending?
What's your favourite part of this book and the whole series?
Are you upset with anything that happened?
What was your favourite book in the series?

Wow I’m shocked it was the best one in my opinion. 5 stars.

It only took three books for people to FINALLY give Vasya the respect she deserves instead of chastising her for basically saving their lives. I did really appreciate the conflict of Vasya and general womanhood during this time period, but hot damn it got frustrating at times.

I really loved having Vasya team up with Medved. That was quite unexpected, but I'm much more satisfied with that turn of events than I was with him just being imprisoned again. It also just made the final battle that much more exciting,

I think that the firebird is a great character, and I love how sassy she is, but my goodness I was happy to have Solovey back. I'm not one who typically likes having characters brought back from the dead (it has to be done in a way that requires great sacrifice from another character in order for me to be satisfied with it), but this horse is an exception.

I did predict Sasha's death, so I wasn't surprised at all with that and I felt like it almost had to happen. I do wish that we got a bit more closure with Marya at the very end, and I wish we got a scene with Vasya visiting Irina and Alyosha, especially since she mentioned that she was wanting to see them again.

Overall, I enjoyed this series a lot. I still think the first book was my favorite, and I think it's because there's minimal politics in it. Usually I love fantasy politics, but for some reason I much preferred when it wasn't at the forefront of this story. I think The Bear and the Nightingale just really set the tone for me in terms of having a rural, small community folklore feel, so when the story expanded the political side of things didn't fit quite as well in the atmosphere that I already had locked in my head.

The link for the FINAL live discussion show is now up!

Set your reminders - it's happening at 8pm GMT on the 6th Feb!

Can't wait to chat about this book with all of you! You've still got time to read it if you haven't gotten around to it yet!

https://youtu.be/6-vHxulLCxw