It actually gets worse in the next book. I know, who knew that was possible but there you go. That was also a factor that drove me to give up over 50% through a book.

I'm not sure about Spinning Silver, but I believe some Winternight characters have been nominated per a spreadsheet a looked at! I sadly ran out of noms this year (I nominated them last year!) and there's always chocolate box in a few months ^^

The Bear and the Nighingale and Vassa in the Night kickstarted my Eastern European fantasy reading! hopefully there will be more in the future.