Deathless
Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83
· 40 ratings · 353 pages · Published: 29 Mar 2011
Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation.
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- fantasy 4
- romance 4
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- folktales & legends 3
- retellings 3
- magical realism 3
- fairy tales 3
- magic 3
- war/big battles 3
- urban fantasy 2
- paranormal 2
- dark 2
- dark fantasy 2
- literary fiction 2
- supernatural 2
- horror 1
- female mc 1
- world war II 1
- witches & sorcerers 1
- gothic 1
- ghosts 1
- military, war & conflict 1
- 20th century 1
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- audiobook 2
- young adult 2
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- death / grief 2