Uprooted

While I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and found the plot engrossing, I was bothered by two things: (i) the romance felt artificial and completely unnecessary to the plot and (ii) magic seemed to solve any problem without consequence or tradeoff. These distracted from an otherwise amazing story. But I really enjoyed the world building and the more horror elements of the book, some of which were downright nightmare-ish scenes. I look forward to reading more by Novik.