She stands out as one of my favourite characters from all the YA series I've read in recent years, reminding me somewhat of Adelina from The Young Elites, but she's much nastier than that. I love that Lada is allowed to be every bit as mean and bloodthirsty as Vlad, but also, somehow, demand sympathy from the reader. I love this reimagining of Vlad the Impaler as a woman called Lada. And yet, both And I Darken and Now I Rise are brutal, dark, fictional tales based on historical truth. I guess it's my "western" ignorance that keeps me thinking of this series as fantasy. And they are fools, because they cannot imagine that a woman alone in the woods would be a threat." They hate to be insulted, but they love to hear others mocked. They depend upon routine, and anything out of the ordinary will give them pause.
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