I enjoyed this book. Incorporating actually Russian history with the beloved cartoon and adding a new twist made this really enjoyable.

While reading, I thought the book was about 200 pages too long but once I finished, I understood the reason for following Anastasia through childhood.

*Spoiler of the ending*
I enjoyed the twist of the ending with time travel but if Rasputin and Anastasia survived and she brought them back in time, I wish she would have also brought Damien back as well.

It would have been great that the two of them arrived 200 years earlier before they met in the meadow and had to together their people together to fight Rasputin on the mountain. It didn’t make it believable that she was able to turn “old” Damien to join her so quickly in a time of his fathers loss with only a recap of the future and a fire dance.

Overall the book was really enjoyable.