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The Winter of the Witch
- Winternight Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 14 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati.
One girl can make a difference....
Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers - and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune on her magic.
Then a vengeful demon returns, stronger than ever. Determined to engulf the world in chaos, he finds allies among men and spirits. Mankind and magical creatures alike find their fates resting on Vasya's shoulders.
But she may not be able to save them all.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-22
The best narration and great story.
The pace was just right. The storyline gripping. All three the bookss nice progression to lovely ending. Loved it
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- Anonymous User
- 04-29-20
simply amazing
I absolutely loved this! so sad it is finished. definitely want to listen to more books by this author. and the reader is excellent
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- Yasnah
- 10-16-19
A fitting fairytale ending
Bittersweet, just as it should be.
The Winter of the Witch starts right where The Girl in the Tower ends. But this book is darker than all the others, in more ways than one.
There’s fire and tears and pain. Wounds and blood and scars. Healing. Love. Betrayal. Faith. Midnight and Midday. Loyalties, both forced and freely given. New friends, old enemies and fragile alliances. Family. War. Chyerti. Death and life. And of course, horses.
There was not one character that I did not like. I understood Konstatin, respected Dimitri, shrugged my shoulders at Miedved. Got frustrated with Morozko, rolled my eyes at Vasya. But I rooted for them still, and laughed and cried with them.
Stories that I thought were done and dusted in the previous books were revisited in a different light, giving them more depth and us more insight. Strings that I did not even know existed were connected, and then nicely tied off towards the end.
Yes, it is darker. People are more cruel (even Vasya). There are walking dead. There are dark forest roads at midnight. There is war. (Not the best delivery of a battle, I must say. A bit disappointed at that.)
But it is always darkest before the light breaks. This story of stories’ ending was satisfying, despite the tears.
Kathleen Gati reverted to book one’s slow lulling narration in between characters again. That’s mostly why it took me a long time to finish this.
Did I like it? Yes. Did the story need to be split into three books? I think so. Will I read it again? Maybe. But listen? Probably not.
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I also love the author's note at the end - there really WAS a prince named Dmitry Ivanovich who led his armies in the battle of Kulikovo, and a monk named Alexander Peresvet was his champion. This is exactly what this trilogy is about: the amalgamation of history and fantasy, religion and tradition, Christianity and paganism. Worth the time.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-05-19
I have no words to describe this one!
This book is just amazing! I don’t really want to come back to reality anymore. I loved how this trilogy had brought me to another world and I became a part of it. A must read indeed! I miss Vasya, Morozko and Sasha and their amazing adventures! ❤️
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-12-19
Beautiful book, beautiful audiobook
This a a beautifully written book and beautifully narrated audiobook.
The whole trilogy made for a wonderful reading experience.
It's a very masterfully done fairytale, the characters are complex and the story is inspiring, empowering and so rich in life lessons.
I would give this trilogy 10 stars if I could.
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- fuzz
- 10-02-20
Another great book
Love this series. Fairy tales for adults. Excellent story and narration. Will happily listen to again.
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- Mrs U
- 01-12-19
Perfect ending
I'd looked forward to this so long I was worried I'd be disappointed - I wasn't. It waa the perfect ending to a wonderful magical series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-05-22
Enchanting
An beautifully, enchanting masterpiece of spellbinding, soulful, creative writing that peaks in historical wonderment and tranquility.
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- Miss R
- 12-04-21
Fantastic conclusion to a fantastic trilogy
I love the Winternight trilogy and this is my second run through. You’re transported to the Rus of fairytales with characters you’ll fall in love with. The narrator makes this audiobook a pleasure to listen to (along with the first two in the series)
Highly recommended listen
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- J C Wall
- 07-27-21
love this trilogy!
Everything about this book was excellent. Narrator was perfect, story gripping and writing excellent!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-23-21
Fantastic book fantastic narration
I have rarely heard such a good narration (especially of a book I’ve read several times). Wonderful.
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- AMC
- 04-23-21
Enchanting
A beautiful fairytale captivating and enchanting, I very much look forward to more stories from KA!
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- KosmicTea
- 03-04-21
gut wrenching exciting beautiful
absolutely amazing end to the book. thank goodness it went this way. also I had no idea there was so much history. love love love
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- Stephanie Heads
- 02-02-21
A must read
such an awesome trilogy. I am sad that there aren't any more . I loved these stories . So well written and brilliantly narrated. Fantastic
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- Anonymous User
- 10-22-20
Beautiful and addicting story
I fell in love with this trilogy allready at the first book. A listened them all within couple of weeks and I can find myself longing for more of Vasilisias adventures and about the magic around her.
I just love this trilogy.
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- Indira
- 01-15-19
Breathtaking
Devoured this audiiobook in 2 days. Katherine Arden did not disappoint in the final book of this stunning trilogy. I am sad it is over but will never forget the world of Russian fairy tales that she brought to life.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-11-19
A beautiful conclusion to the Winternight trilogy
A lovely conclusion to the Winternight trilogy. The narrator did an excellent job of bringing the characters to life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-20-22
Great story
I really enjoyed this fairytale, the narrator was consistent throughout and it was an easy world to get lost in
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- Anonymous User
- 01-13-21
Swept away
A great bedtime story . I really loved the characters and the story and didn't want it to end.
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- Yvette M Bauder
- 12-07-20
I was not ready for this book to end
Wonderful. Sad to finish this series. The final book did not let me down. Made me cry and again filled me with a desire to learn more about Russian folklore and mythology. I would recommend this series to anyone who loves fantasy and adventures.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-21-20
Amazing conclusion to a beautiful series
The fantasy elements of this story came further to the forefront in this book which I really loved. Russian folklore isn’t something I had a huge amount of exposure to prior to starting this series, but I think I’ve really started to gain a real appreciation for it and I now really want know even more. I also think that the way the folklore is blended into actual historical events is really well done.
This is a fairly character-driven series but the plot did pick up the pace in this book. I was on edge pretty much the whole time and couldn’t stop listening to the audiobook (which was amazing by the way, I would definitely recommend it).
Vasya is a great character to follow, she’s really headstrong and daring but there is definitely huge consequences for her actions which helps add to the realness of the story. I also really loved the side characters in this series, even though sometimes my heart was breaking.
Overall, I loved this book so much and I think it might be my favourite book in the series. I would highly recommend this series to anyone who loves atmospheric stories with enchanting writing.
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- Monica
- 08-27-19
So good! Would recommend to anyone!
This trilogy is so wonderful, I'd recommend it to almost anyone. Kept some mystery, there's adventure, fighting, the supernatural, romance and friendship. I honestly cant even explain how much I loved the series.
I also really loved that the narrator did the accents and different voices, it really brought the story to life. My only complaint is that she spoke so slowly that I had to keep it at 1.75x or 2.0x to keep up with the pace of the book. So really, think of it at like a 7-9hr read
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- Marissa Bandharangshi
- 08-23-19
Exquisite
A magical experience I didn’t want to end 😊 I loved my time inhabiting this world.
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- C A Morton
- 06-17-19
In a word, magical.
I got absolutely lost in these 3 books and am devastated that they ended. I will miss the characters and the sweeping story telling of Katherine Arden, so beautifully narrated by the entrancing Kathleen Gati. At once romantic and harsh, fantastic and real. I can’t recommend the Winternight trilogy highly enough.
