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Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
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really liked it
bookshelves: arcs, retellings, young-adult, published-2017, netgalley, lgtbqia, read-2018
Read 2 times. Last read June 3, 2018 to June 4, 2018.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. As always, thank you Netgalley.

Snow White's Queen meets A combo of Ana and Elsa in the form of a Snow Queen.
Told in dual narratives, Mena, with a heart of glass, becomes the step-mother of Lynet, made of snow.

Lynet's narrative begins with her around the age of 16, with her loving step-mother and father and the new promise of love with the royal surgeon. Mena's begins with her also roughly 16, on her journey from the South to visit the castle up north.

Prior to this book, I had been debating if I liked or disliked dual narratives and why they work. This one works unlike the last book, because Mena's story in the past doesn't hold the promise of something being achieved or not that we can already see in Lynet's timeline. (i.e. Furyborn being ALL ABOUT if one of the lead's will live through trials... even though we see her alive.) Instead, Mena's story line is about learning who she is and trying to grasp and figure out if she can properly find love, despite what her father has told her.

Lynet, on the other hand, is trying to come to terms with her childhood ending and her father wanting to be Queen.

Overall, it's a quick read. I like the romance - it isn't overpowering and no one is doing stupid stuff for love - and I also really love the mother/daughter dynamics. Overall it's a bit slow moving in the beginning, but definitely picks up towards the middle.

Will this be a future Fableulous contender? We shall see!
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
August 30, 2017 – Shelved
August 30, 2017 – Shelved as: arcs
August 30, 2017 – Shelved as: retellings
August 30, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read
August 30, 2017 – Shelved as: young-adult
January 5, 2018 – Shelved as: next-up
February 1, 2018 –
8.0%
February 4, 2018 –
10.0%
March 3, 2018 – Shelved as: plan-on-finishing
June 3, 2018 – Started Reading
June 4, 2018 –
page 122
31.77%
June 4, 2018 –
page 221
57.55%
June 4, 2018 – Shelved as: published-2017
June 4, 2018 – Shelved as: netgalley
June 4, 2018 – Shelved as: lgtbqia
June 4, 2018 – Shelved as: read-2018
June 4, 2018 – Finished Reading

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