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| Title | : | Dreaming Anastasia (Dreaming Anastasia #1) |
| Author | : | Joy Preble |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2009 by Sourcebooks |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Paranormal. Romance |
Joy Preble
Paperback | Pages: 310 pages Rating: 3.47 | 3230 Users | 408 Reviews
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What really happened to Anastasia Romanov?
Anastasia Romanov thought she would never feel more alone than when the gunfire started and her family began to fall around her. Surely the bullets would come for her next. But they didn't. Instead, two gnarled old hands reached for her. When she wakes up she discovers that she is in the ancient hut of the witch Baba Yaga, and that some things are worse than being dead.
In modern-day Chicago, Anne doesn't know much about Russian history. She is more concerned about getting into a good college�until the dreams start. She is somewhere else. She is someone else. And she is sharing a small room with a very old woman. The vivid dreams startle her, but not until a handsome stranger offers to explain them does she realize her life is going to change forever. She is the only one who can save Anastasia. But, Anastasia is having her own dreams…
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| Original Title: | Dreaming Anastasia |
| ISBN: | 1402218176 (ISBN13: 9781402218170) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dreaming Anastasia #1 |
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Ratings: 3.47 From 3230 Users | 408 ReviewsWrite-Up Of Books Dreaming Anastasia (Dreaming Anastasia #1)
While I did enjoy this book, I think I may be too old for it.The book had all the hallmarks of one that I would have loved when I was a teen: a nice delicate romance, a plucky best friend, past secrets intruding on the present, and some solid folklore. Sadly, I'm not a teen any more. While I did like the format of the book (three narrators in alternating chapters, with one narrator telling the story through letters--which are then printed in a font that resembles handwriting) and liked Preble'sWhat if . . .Anastasia, the last princess of the Romanov dynasty, never died? But instead put her trust in a secret, illegitimate half-brother? And that half-brother made a pact with the most notorious witch ever to haunt a Russian fairy tale?Yeah, right. Like Anne is about to believe that whopper! Not even from the lips of the hot guy who stares at her all the way through the Chicago performance of Swan Lake. But then he saves her. And she saves herself. And then he tells Anne that she is the
-POTENTIAL SPOILERS- This was an alright book. It was billed as being fantasy, so the inaccuracies I wasn't too mad about, nor the typos since I think this is independently published. Obviously the most interesting part involved Anastasia being trapped in Baba Yaga's cabin, forced to take care of her and do nothing but dream all day. It had an other-worldly, dreamlike quality to it I really enjoyed, plus I ended up learning a lot of the Baba Yaga myth from this book. The stuff in the present day
I will confess having a weakness for stories that use Tsar Nicholas II and his family, especially Anastasia. I think that started when I saw the 1956 movie Anastasia with Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner.Now I know that in the years since I saw that movie new evidence has been found, DNA has been identified, and in no way could Anastasia have survived.Still...The myth of Anastasia surviving and escaping, does have all the elements of a suspenseful and intriguing story.So when I came across this
I really like how the author really interpreted such a classic tale in to something new. I love it when authors do that!! It gives me a whole new fresh picture of the story of Anastasia Romanov.The story line of this story is amazing! I love the new concept of the story and how it flows. I love the history of the Romanov's and what happen to Anastasia. Ms. Preble did an great job in pulling the reader from the very first page. Heck, I was hooked. I loved that right from the started the action
Honestly, this book wasn't all that bad. Though, it needed some minor editing.
So like I said in my bio, I am a huge historical fiction buff. I don't know if you could consider this a historical fiction, but I thought this channeled some historical background. Personally, I always believed that Anastasia was alive. Though not in the way that Joy Preble describes. This is a very creative piece of work. I think the characters were thought out as well as the plot. I really got into the story and was saddened towards the end. You truly realize all the pain and suffering the
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