Stitching Snow

by R. C. Lewis

I'm a huge fan of Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series (specifically the audiobook versions) so when I heard about another sci-fi re imagined fairy tale book coming out, I was more than a little excited. In fact, STITCHING SNOW became one of my most anticipated YA titles of the year, which makes it all the more difficult to write this review.

I didn't like this book.

I thought is was slow and bland and I really didn't like the romance. I guess I can start with Essie, the super tough mechanic who makes money fighting cage matches with miners. Right there I had a problem. Essie is a small 17 year old girl who apparently wipes the floor regularly with full grown men who make a living working in mines (translation: strong). She gets bloody noses etc, but always walks away from these fights even after taking numerous hits. No, I'm sorry. That's ridiculous. One good hit (even a not so good hit) to the face by a man 3 times her size and she'd be out, probably forever.

And the guy that falls for Essie is nothing to write home about either. He straight up knocks her out, ties her up, and kidnaps Essie and yet by the end of the book love has conquered all and he's already joking about how they will explain that pesky detail to their future kids. Gag.

I couldn't get into this book on any level. I'll happily wait for Marissa Meyer's sci-fi Snow White tale when WINTER comes out in 2015