Uprooted

Unfortunately this one just wasn't really for me. I thought the writing was enchanting (to agree with Robin Hobb's blurb on the cover) however I really felt the book lacked pacing. I enjoyed the story but it took a while to get through it, and I just don't think that's the right pace for a fantasy. I did also enjoy the fairy tale elements, it was somewhat Beauty & the Beast with magic and I could see the Polish/Russian undertones in the stories and magic words. I just thought if the story had been tightened up a so it read quicker and more fluently then it would be a lot better, for myself at least.