Wow. The Witch of Duva is a twist played on Hansel and Gretel. Even their names are similar, but the twists are amazing. And yes, it is amazing what hunger could do to you.Now this is a short story on hidden predators, deception, and hunger. Leigh Bardugo spins a classic tale into a new one, with a twist I didn't see. Admit it. We all thought that the witch was the old lady. Well, we all know who is the true "witch."Rating: Four out of Five (Docking for originality). We'll this was surprising, because a hated the Grisha trilogy. Mostly because Grisha is Russian and it means Greg (the name). But there were more problems, with both misused Russian and a bad plot.But this was amazing! It only said the word Grisha once, I did snort that once, and the rest was not culturally insulting. Besides kvass, kvass is a non-alcoholic beverage and in all here books Bardugo goes out of her way to show how alcoholic it is. I let that one go so I could enjoy the story better.Other than thatThe writing was great, very traditional and much better that what in the actual books.The story itself was awesome.The plot twist, you will never see it coming.The story reminded me of Hansel and Gretel, but it was about as similar as Frozen is to the original story The Snow Queen.Beware this has gore, blood, some disturbing elements, and implications of sex(not with the MC).
What do You think about Die Hexe Von Duwa (2012)?
This short story doesn't necessarily add anything to the series, but it was so good all the same.
—tonightwereyoung
I liked this story. I'm not really into witches, but I liked the fairy tale aspect to the story.
—Kavitha
This is really really cool. Kinda creepy short story. Didn't expect the twist.
—mjloves24
