Vasilisa

I read an advance copy of this book. I liked the Russian setting and the tie-ins to the Mongols and various fairy tales, but the MC spent so much time alone that I had a hard time enjoying the story. She worried about her mother–but didn't stay with her. She wanted to be with her boyfriend–but he left for the army. She was “adopted” by new grandparents–but we barely saw them, either. She dreamed of her dead father–but, obviously, since he was dead, we didn't see that much of him, either. I think she might have spent more time with her enemies than she did with her friends, and it didn't appeal to me.