For the khitka are capable of taking many forms, but the shape it favors most is that of a beautiful woman.
Nadya suspects that Karina is behind the girls’ abduction and may in fact be a khitka, a spiteful bloodthirsty forest spirit who hunger for the flesh of newborns. When her mother dies from a wasting disease and hunger during a terrible famine, a woman named Karina Stoyanova begins to court Nadya’s now widowed father. Nadya is a young girl who lives in Duva along with her father, mother, and older brother Maxim. The disappearance of nearly eight young women has thrown the village into a frenzy rumors of lecherous conspiracy and cannibalism begin to infect the town. I would recommend The Witch of Duva, but probably more so if you’ve already started The Grisha series.The Witch of Duva is set in around the forested mountain town of Duva. It’s entertaining and supposedly in the same world that Shadow and Bone takes place in. I don’t really understand why it’s considered a prequel, but I suppose it doesn’t matter. I was rooting for her, regardless of the outcome for everyone else in the story (at one point I was hoping someone would die). I really liked Nadya, but I also felt so bad for her. I’m guessing witches and witchcraft will be around. I am hoping that some of the characters from The Witch of Duva pop up in Shadow and Bone. In fact, I’m a bit impressed that I didn’t see that one coming (I can usually see a plot twist coming). I love twisted fairy tale stories, so that really didn’t bother me and I’ll admit it had one hell of a twist. It was basically a folklore type fairy tale that had a lot of similarities to Hansel & Gretel. From what I can tell it’s just a story within the world of the Grisha series. The Witch of Duva wasn’t really what I was expecting.
I can no longer claim ignorance where Leigh Bardugo’s writing is concerned. I hadn’t read anything from Leigh Bardugo before reading The Witch of Duva, which is labeled as a prequel for The Grisha series.
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