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''Uprooted'' is slightly lighter in terms of tone - but this is certainly a book for adults, late teens at a push. Agnieszka is a very real character - thoughtful, heroic, yet messy, prone to fits of temper, and unable to ignore the growing desires inside of her. Likewise, despite the magic that surrounds this book, and the supernatural threats that are forever encroaching on our heroes, this world feels relatively gritty and real. Characters die unexpectedly, soldiers and horses are killed in terrible, haunting ways, and characters who you may have felt some sense of affinity for make dreadful decisions to save their own skin.
All the characters are fully fleshed out, but none more so than Agnieszka and the Dragon - and as the book goes on the scenes between them sparkle and shine with tension and energy - making them a treat to read, and also made me feel a sense of longing when these two were seperatedseparated.
It's fantastic to see a lead in a fairy tale who, whilst kept in a tower by a powerful wizard, has no issue leaving the tower to protect the ones she loves - and equally it is clear that the Dragon, despite his disparaging tone and misanthropic nature, clearly cares deeply about the kingdom he has chosen to protect - and, as the book goes on, comes to care deeply for Agnieszka.
