Stealing Snow
By: Danielle Paige
Series: Stealing Snow
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy, Retelling
Length: 375 pages
Synopsis From Goodreads:
First kisses sometimes wake slumbering princesses, undo spells, and spark happily ever afters.
Mine broke Bale.
Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent.
Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away—dashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. With nowhere else to turn, Snow finds herself drawn to a strange new orderly who whispers secrets in the night about a mysterious past and a kingdom that’s hers for the taking—if only she can find her way past the iron gates to the Tree that has been haunting her dreams.
Beyond the Tree lies Algid, a land far away from the real world, frozen by a ruthless king. And there too await the River Witch, a village boy named Kai, the charming thief Jagger, and a prophecy that Snow will save them all.
Mine broke Bale.
Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent.
Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away—dashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. With nowhere else to turn, Snow finds herself drawn to a strange new orderly who whispers secrets in the night about a mysterious past and a kingdom that’s hers for the taking—if only she can find her way past the iron gates to the Tree that has been haunting her dreams.
Beyond the Tree lies Algid, a land far away from the real world, frozen by a ruthless king. And there too await the River Witch, a village boy named Kai, the charming thief Jagger, and a prophecy that Snow will save them all.
My Review:
Rating:
***Caution May Contain Spoilers***
This book blew me away...this was my very first Danielle Paige book and I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this book. At first I was hesitant, expecting it to be just like every other fairytale retelling, but I found myself hooked from the very first chapter. After reading Stealing Snow I definitely plan to add more of her novels to my TBR list. I love her writing style, she has this way of writing that captivates the reader right off the hook. With every turn of the page I felt transported to this whole new world, Algid.
Stealing Snow is a captivating and twisty retelling of an old classic, The Snow Queen. It follows a young girl, Snow as she escapes the asylum she calls home to this new world of Kings and Queens, Witches and Magick and finds herself on a mission to find someone she has lost.
Snow must find Bale, the boy she loves. He was swept away through a looking glass to Algid and in order for her to save her love she must turn to strangers and thieves she encounters in the new world. But are they really willing to help her or are they out for themselves?
Along the way Snow discovers that not all is what it seems in Algid. That maybe she is not as crazy as she once thought. She has a destiny to face off against a tyrannical King hell bent on ruling Algid forever, but Snow does not wish to be Algid's savior her only wish is to find Bale and return home.
As Snow navigates through Algid she discovers an architect, Kai and his sister, Gerde. As well as a handsome thief, Jagger and his rag tag team of Robbers. Both Kai and Jagger test Snows love for Bale in their own ways. Throughout the book she finds a place for all in her heart, but who will win her heart in the end?
This book is so beautifully written I had a hard time putting it down...it kept me wanting more. This is one book I highly recommend, it is definitely worth reading! I can't wait to see what is in store for Snow in book two.
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