Winternight is a beautiful tale that perfectly combines medieval and folkloriaon Russia in a way that Tolkien did with English history and mythology. Like J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Katherine Arden's Winternight reads as if it's one book split into three other books. So my advice is that as soon as you finish the Bear and the Nightingale, start the Girl in the Tower and continue until you're done the Winter of the Witch. The story picks up right where it left off with each one so if you don't have the best memory after finishing it, it could be confusing.
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I absolutely love the writing style. It's very moody and atmospheric, making you feel like you're actually caught in the dead of Winter rather than Spring. There's smart attention to detail, especially to the culture of medieval Russia, its folklore, and the characters. There is no badly written character in these books. I fell in love with them all, cared about their well beings, and the character developments are some of the best I have read in a long time. I will definitely mourn that Winternight is finished for a long while, I'm so happy I read this beautiful trilogy. And I cannot wait for the stories Katherine Arden will give us next.
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