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De Heks Van Duva (2014)

by Leigh Bardugo(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Blossom Books

review 1: Kinda retells the story of Hansel and Gretel, without Hansel. Actually , she has a brother but he got lost in the plot.Great world-building. Great characters. I fell in love with the writing.But, this novella has nothing to do with the series. It was only mentioned by Alina Starkov, in Ruin and Rising(Book 3), when they came across a creepy forest in search of the fire bird.It was kind of an old bedtime story. Anyway, There are a lot of twist and turns. But THAT twist at the END is UNPREDICTABLE.
review 2: I have to admit that I was apprehensive at first to read the Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo but when I was having a bad day at work the other day, I snuck in all three of these series extras to brighten my day and I was so glad I did. The stories were all s... moreo captivating and interesting that it was enough for me to go out that same day to pick up all 3 books in the Grisha trilogy. Granted, they’re not all exactly bright and sunny stories, but good writing will always make me feel better, even if the content is a little on the darker side!I started with THE WITCH OF DUVA, which is a Ravkan folk tale about… well, the witch of Duva. Girls keep disappearing mysteriously with only the slightest trace left behind. In the suffering town of Duva, the girls no longer wander alone and parents try to keep their girls indoors for fears that the witch will snatch them up and take them away. This tale follows Nadya, her father Maxim, and his father’s new love interest Karina Stoyanova who Nadya suspects may be the town’s awful witch.This story was dark for sure — it reminded me a bit of Hansel and Gretel from Nadya’s encounters with a real witch who lives deeper in the woods and a few events that occurred towards the end of the tale. Pieces of the tale were a bit shocking, others gruesome, others enlightening. While I suppose all folk tales & fairy tales are fictional (or at least fiction based on possibly true stories), this really felt like I was reading a fairy tale that has existed for centuries. The great think about these 3 extras is that you can read them without having read the Grisha trilogy and be left unspoiled by what is going on in the series without giving too much away. These 3 short stories can be read for FREE online. It's definitely worth a look at. less

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