I put off reading Uprooted for a long time - at least half a year. I read Spinning Silver and enjoyed the book, but was not taken with it. Then I read Her Majesty's Dragon - ready to start on an epic series read. Except, I almost DNF'ed the book and did not continue on in the series. So, I stayed away from Uprooted for far too long.

If you only read one of Novik's novels then I would suggest you read Uprooted - although then you will naturally go on to read Spinning Silver. I really enjoyed this book and found myself sucked into the world building and characters.

At times, especially near the end, the book became a bit more mystical and harder to follow. It ended up loosing me a bit, which was sad since I had enjoyed it so much to that point.

I switched back and forth between the print version and the audio version and I enjoyed both equally. There was a strong voice in the print version and it naturally flowed to the narrator. The narrator also did a wonderful job capturing the tone of the book.