The Girl In The Tower by Katherine Arden

Synopsis:

This is the second book in the Winter Night series by Katherine Arden. After being accused of being a witch, Vasya has the choice of joining a convent or getting married. She instead chooses to disguise herself as a boy and ventures across the landscape of medieval Russia. She reunites with her sister, Olga, who is married with children, her brother, Sasha, a monk, and her cousin, Dmitri, the Prince of Moscow.

Review:

I enjoyed this book and love the character of Vasya.

“Every time you take one path, you must live the memory of the other, of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”

“Things are or they are not. If you want something, it means you do not have it, it means that you do not believe it is there, which means it will never be there. The fire is or it is not. That what you call magic is simply not allowing the world to be other than as you will it.”