The protagonist of the story, Agnieszka knows she isn’t going to be selected, because every decade only the brightest and the smartest women are chosen and Agnieszka’s best friend Kasia has been the loveliest, strongest and smarted young woman from the village. The story begins in the fictional magical kingdom of Polnya, in the village of Dvernik where every ten years the local wizard called the Dragon collects a teenage girl as payment for protecting the village against the Wood (creepy magical forest). And the point of you being able to finish a book in a day and not having to wait ages for the next book is always a plus. The novel also serves the reader very different antagonists from those that are usually portrayed in other fantasies. With character names like Agnieszka and Kasia, and references to Polish beasts and fairy characters, the book has a striking personality to itself. Uprooted is a story inspired by the author’s Polish background and has remnants of the Polish fables.
It could have been stretched out into a trilogy easily, but Naomi compressed the incidents into a fast-paced book that just isn’t putdownable. Naomi Novik’s 2015 novel Uprootedis a stand-alone book that has mystery, magic, love, fantasy, folklore, and a strong female character all rolled into one. Some trusted few authors can serve up a trilogy, but most authors keep on writing and we greedily keep asking for more (seriously Cassandra Clare, how many books have you written, not that I am complaining). Most fantasy books are entirely long and sprawled into huge series.
I am a sucker for some good fantasy novels, but unless you have a lot of time in your hands (or you can read without getting distracted by social media), to read fantasy magical books is just a dream. Add magic into the mix and you have a hit amongst yourselves. Fairy-tale, folklore and Eastern European names are huge sellers when you are delving into fantasy.
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