Baba Jaga
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783455600001
Publish date: 2014
Publisher: Hofmann und Campe
Pages no: 538
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Urban Fantasy,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
France,
Supernatural
Will van Wyck is an ordinary advertising man, working in France around 1960. On the side, he provides reports on various companies to a man who works for the CIA. This is about as much excitement as he can safely handle. When he gets involved with the mysterious Zoya, a woman who will hex you as soo...
I thought this was ok (therefore, 2 stars), felt it "was like jogging through heavy cream" (see review at Bookgasm.But I clearly see how other readers, with other tastes, will lap it up. Check out my friend Kathrina's more generous, smart take.
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