Reminds me of early Patricia Briggs, Patricia McKillip, Patricia Wrede, Bujold's Challion stuff, Robyn McKinley... you get the picture.

Quite decent and readable, and I particularly enjoyed the multiple distinct female characters and the relationships between them, the recognition of the creepiness of the maiden in the tower trope, even where creepiness was averted, and the use of Russian traditions, even though they are not a tradition I am familiar with.

Story: Agnieszka is selected to be the village sorcerer's girl-captive, and goes not very gracefully to her fate. She finds herself a terrible captive/housekeeper, but learns about magic, and her world, which comes in handy when the creepy woods which have been trying to consume them all makes its next attempt.

One of the most fascinating characters was Kasia, the girl everyone had assumed would be the next Girl Captive. It strikes me that she would have a fascinating story in her. Also I would not turn down the Kasia/Agnieszka fanfiction.

I was vaguely sad to see reconciliation with Agnieszka's romantic interest in the last chapter, because I had actually been pleased by her "fuck all'y'all, I'm going to go be a crazy witch lady in the woods" exit.