Stealing Snow
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Uncorrected proof from Bloomsbury (released 6th
October 2016)
17-year-old Snow lives within the walls of a high security mental hospital
in upstate New York. Deep down, she knows she doesn’t belong there, but she has
no memory of life outside, except for in her strangest dreams. So when a
mysterious, handsome man leads her to open a door, Snow knows that she has to
leave…She finds herself in icy Algid, her true home, with witches, thieves and
a strangely alluring boy named Kai. Secret after secret is revealed and Snow
discovers that her choices of the heart will change everything. Heroine or
villain, queen or broken girl, frozen heart or true love, Snow must choose her
fate…
Bloomsbury kindly sent me a copy of this book
to review and I read it in 2 days. It is hands down my favourite book of 2016
so far. This book is The Girl with All
the Gifts meets an adult Frozen and
it is simply phenomenal.
Stealing Snow is a novel written by Danielle Paige. It says
in the proof that it’s the first of 3 books and I seriously hope that’s true
because this book is just the tip of the iceberg into the world of Algid
(excuse the pun!). I’d not read any Danielle Paige books before this but that
is soon to change. It’s definitely a YA book but we’re all young adults at
heart.
Stealing Snow is written from Snow’s point of view. She’s 17
years old and lives in an asylum. She’s doped up on a cocktail of drugs every
day and she has been for as long as she can remember. The only thing she
remembers pre-mental hospital is that she’d tried to walk through a mirror and
then woke up where she is now. She is in love with a boy named Bale, who lives
a few rooms down from her.
Bale is a forbidden love and her mum has
refused to let her see him; presumably because Snow and Bale kissed and it
ended with Bale breaking Snow’s hand, but I don’t want to give too much of that
away. Snow has now not seen Bale for over a year but she still loves him just
as much as the last time she saw him.
Another boy starts appearing in Snow’s dreams
and one day, Bale disappears (I won’t tell you how because it’s a bit of a
spoiler) and the boy from Snow’s dreams tells her the only way she can get him
back is to meet him by the Tree. She thinks she’s probably going insane but
something is telling her that this is real.
She plans her escape and the next thing she
knows, she’s in Algid; a land which has been frozen over for many years and is
ruled by King Lazar. Snow discovers that there has been a prophecy written for
many years that she is the one to break King Lazar’s rule and break the icy
spell that resides over Algid.
With the realisation of her own magic and help
from friends (Jagger is probably my favourite character she meets, he’s dark,
mysterious but oh so dreamy!) she meets along the way, Snow’s magic gets
stronger every day and she is essentially, a snow queen; but Snow must not forget
the true reason she came to Algid; to save Bale.
She finally finds herself face to face with
King Lazar. Will good triumph evil? Now, this
is where it got interesting for me. The last 50 pages of the book, I sat
with my mouth open in a gasp 99% of the time. The revelations, the twists, the
turns…it’s extremely intense.
It’s so difficult to sum this book up in such
few words but it is incredible and definitely my favourite book of the year.
Not to mention, the book to look at it is simply stunning. Give this book a
chance because you certainly won’t regret it. Love love love this book!
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