Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

“Magic, mother-daughter conflict, and the quest for self-identity are given a dark and fantastical treatment in this chilling feminist adaptation of the Snow White fairy-tale. Highly recommended.” ― School Library Journal, starred review A refreshing and progressive original retelling. Filled with magic, adventure, and interesting characters, this debut will keep readers thoroughly engaged.

“An empowering novel with strong, three-dimensional female protagonists who refuse to let jealousy and power break their bond. Compellingly flawed characters, vivid world-building, and pitch-perfect pacing make this utterly superb.” ―ALA Booklist, starred review “This beautifully wrought novel offers plenty of fairy-tale wonder, but Bashardoust resists the most common tropes instead, she tells a story where women save each other with their own ingenuity, bravery, and love, and power and compassion can exist hand in hand. Nominated to ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults List 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.ĪLA’s Amelia Bloomer List for Feminist Literature Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything―unless both can find a way to reshape themselves and their story. 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.Įntwining 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. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina.

But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother.įifteen-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. 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. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, 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. “An empowering and progressive original retelling.” ― SLJ, starred review “Dark, fantastical, hauntingly evocative.” ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Utterly superb.” ―ALA Booklist, starred review Melissa Bashardoust’s acclaimed debut novel Girls Made of Snow and Glass is “Snow White as it’s never been told before.a feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be missed” ( BookPage)!

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust