Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa BashardoustPublished by Flatiron Books on September 5th 2017
Pages: 400
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Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale
At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother.
Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen’s image, at her father’s order. But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. Now Mina is starting to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do—and who to be—to win back the only mother she’s ever known…or else defeat her once and for all.
Entwining the stories of both Lynet and Mina in the past and present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything—unless both can find a way to reshape themselves and their story.
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Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale! Yes, yes, please! How amazing does this sound, guys? First, it’s fantasy, second, it’s a reimagining of snow white (We love Disney princess) with a fierce and regal kickass female!!!!
I’m so pumped for this book!! Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. We truly cannot wait for “Girls Made of Snow and Glass” by Melissa Bashardoust. Releasing on September 5th.
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About Melissa Bashardoust
Melissa Bashardoust (pronounced BASH-ar-doost) received her degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she rediscovered her love for creative writing, children’s literature, and fairy tales and their retellings. She currently lives in Southern California with a cat named Alice and more copies of Jane Eyre than she probably needs. Girls Made of Snow and Glass is her first novel.
I’ve heard so much about this book already, and I’m definitely down for a nice feminist retelling of Snow White. I hope we both enjoy this one 🙂
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Wow, this sounds fantastic! Yet another addition to my TBR! I can’t wait for all these fall releases – thanks so much for bringing this to my attention, as Snow White doesn’t seem to be a common fairy tale use for reimaginings! 🙂
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