Sooo...this book is weird.

It's purposely weird. It's quirky, whimsical, and creepy. And did I mention it's weird?

I ended up enjoying this book, though I'm not sure how many people I would be able to recommend it to unless I knew their reading tastes ran to the strange and quirky.

I do with there was a little more grounding this book in some sort of reality, and I wish we'd gotten a little more of Vassa with her sisters. Also, while I love darkly whimsical settings and stories, I wish I'd felt a little more of a connection to Vassa as a character. Everything felt very disconnected, so I found it difficult to care about what was happening to her.

For anyone who is squeamish about graphic content, there is a good deal of violence (think death and dismemberment) within the pages of this book that is presented in a very matter-of-fact manner.