Probably I should start out by saying that I didn't know the fairy tale this is retelling, although I know similar ones (lots of overlap if fairy tales). The first part gives us a pretty normal modern teen, thinking about college, what to do with the rest of her life, etc. She happens to live in an ...
Read this review and others at Great Imaginations!"You are brightness. You are light. I come from a world of ice."East of the Sun, West of the Moon is my favorite fairy tale, and brought me closer to Scandinavian literature. When I read the description for this book, I was all over it. I already re...
I did read this in a sitting and it kept my interest, however it did leave me feeling that that there wasn't enough there for me to recommend it. Normally this sort of thing would make me very happy but the romance wasn't there. It just didn't come across as real, it came across as if she was almos...
It's been a while since I read an "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" retelling. Based on the synopsis and other reviews, I was cautiously optimistic. I also picked this up because I loved the cover art.Characters: Cassie is a generally likable protagonist. She's grown up at a research station on th...
I did read this in a sitting and it kept my interest, however it did leave me feeling that that there wasn't enough there for me to recommend it. Normally this sort of thing would make me very happy but the romance wasn't there. It just didn't come across as real, it came across as if she was almos...
2-2.5"Ice" ist eines der Bücher, das ich wirklich gerne mögen wollte, leider war das aber nicht der Fall. Die Geschichte basiert auf dem Märchen "Östlich von der Sonne und westlich vom Mond", das ich bisher nicht kannte, daher war es sehr interessant, mal ein Märchen durch eine Neuerzählung kennenzu...
See this review and more on The Moonlight Library!This novel is based on a lesser-known Norwegian fairy tale, and though I’d never heard of the tale before, this retelling was wonderfully imagined. I can’t say how much is Durst’s imagination, because it’s based on something else already.Ice is a nov...
See this review and more on The Moonlight Library!This novel is based on a lesser-known Norwegian fairy tale, and though I’d never heard of the tale before, this retelling was wonderfully imagined. I can’t say how much is Durst’s imagination, because it’s based on something else already.Ice is a nov...
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