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A review by stacyrenee
North Child by Edith Pattou
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
MG
Fantasy
Set in Bergen, Norway, with lots of traveling/adventuring over land and sea to La Rochelle, France, etc.
Fantasy
Set in Bergen, Norway, with lots of traveling/adventuring over land and sea to La Rochelle, France, etc.
Norse mythology + cartography
Beaty and the Beast meets The Snow Queen even though this is a retelling of ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’.
Very enjoyable!
This started out with a large family that cares very much about the superstition of the direction a baby is born in, that attempts to keep their youngest daughter’s ‘north-ness’ from her, at least until another daughter becomes deathly ill and a talking white bear appears to take the youngest, Rose, to save the elder sibling. Very ‘Beauty and the Beast’.He even takes her to a magic castle in France!
Then curiosity gets the best of her and he is whisked away to an ice castle in the far north by a pale queen (very ‘The Snow Queen’!) and Rose must attempt to save him.
Even though these themes are overly familiar to me, I really enjoyed this. It’s full of adventure, a bit of magic, a really slow-build love story, and a happy ending!
I’m looking forward to the sequel; West!
Very enjoyable!
This started out with a large family that cares very much about the superstition of the direction a baby is born in, that attempts to keep their youngest daughter’s ‘north-ness’ from her, at least until another daughter becomes deathly ill and a talking white bear appears to take the youngest, Rose, to save the elder sibling. Very ‘Beauty and the Beast’.
Then curiosity gets the best of her and he is whisked away to an ice castle in the far north by a pale queen (very ‘The Snow Queen’!) and Rose must attempt to save him.
Even though these themes are overly familiar to me, I really enjoyed this. It’s full of adventure, a bit of magic, a really slow-build love story, and a happy ending!
I’m looking forward to the sequel; West!