BOOK REVIEW: Rosa and the Veil of Gold by Kim Wilkins
Fairytales used to be the realm of children. Tales of mystery and deceit and magic cleverly woven to not scare them into oblivion. It's wonderful to read a book that is so magical that I have started believing in fairytales myself (adult version of course). This novel based in Russia is priceless.
Beyond this world, behind the veil of history, lies the Kingdom of the Rus, the land where all the magic fled. Rosa Kovalenka is wild and beautiful and broken; when she returned to Russia, her homeland, she left behind her lover Daniel, and part of herself.
She is trying to rebuild her life when she finds a golden bear, hidden in a bathhouse wall, and her inherited Second Sight recognises the sudden lash of power as something otherworldly, something dangerous. Released from the protection of the bathhouse, the golden bear starts to recall the magic that once raged through the land of the Rus.
Daniel, all unwitting, has been caught up in the golden bear's magic, and to save him, Rosa, trapped herself in a shadowy tangle of grief and desire, must draw on her own untried powers to rescue her lover and mend the Veil between the worlds.
Breathtakingly written, the story revolves around the Russian folklore of old. So intriguing was it that I was sucked deep into the storyline, chasing the Snow Witch.
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