{"id":6463,"date":"2015-08-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6463"},"modified":"2015-08-24T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:43:20","slug":"uprooted-by-naomi-novik-book-review-magic-vs-the-evil-of-the-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6463","title":{"rendered":"Uprooted, by Naomi Novik (book review) – magic vs. the evil of the Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Once a decade,
\none girl taken away
\nby the Dragon…<\/p>\n

A less-than-perfect teen girl and a coldly distant wizard meld magics to save their valley and kingdom from the evil which pushes the devouring Wood over the land in this tale of their difficult partnership amid treachery with a long, long memory.<\/p>\n

Be sure to visit the publisher’s website here<\/a> so you can read the first chapter.<\/p>\n

Find this May 2015 release at your local library<\/a> or local independent bookstore<\/a> and lose yourself in Nieshka’s world… but don’t go near the Wood!<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Uprooted \/ Naomi Novik. Del Rey, 2015. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: As the Dragon untangles Agnieska’s magical skills, the young woman finds that mastering them will catapult her into court politics, too-close encounters with the magical Wood, and disruption of all that she holds dear.<\/p>\n

To keep the valley safe from horrifying nearby evils, the wizard called Dragon takes a young maiden every ten years, never to return. At least her family knows she’s alive, unlike those whose loved ones have been captured and absorbed by the Wood.<\/p>\n

After Agnieska rescues her best friend from the Wood and helps her master expel its corruption from Kasia, Prince Marek vows that his army – and the Dragon’s magic – will rescue the queen from her years-long captivity there, little realizing that his rash actions will aid their rival kingdom and the evil of the Wood.<\/p>\n

What evil changed a borderlands forest into such a terrible force?
\nCan Nieshka find answers in the royal magicians’ hall?
\nWill her family ever be safe in their village so near the Wood?<\/p>\n

From the author of the Temeraire series comes a story with hints of Baba Yaga, threads of eastern European folktales, and the struggle of good versus evil at its core. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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