oakandblackthorn 's review for:

The Snow Queen. A Tale in Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

4.0

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One of my favourite childhood stories, and a great Christmas story, too. It’s the perfect whimsical, adventurous, frost-bitten fairytale for the months when the nights start drawing inwards, and warnings about Snow Queens, shards of glass, and icy hearts start seeming a little more believable in the minds of wonderstruck children. I loved reading this again, especially as I haven’t touched it in over a decade, and the sense of nostalgia and warmth and child-like joy that washed over me when I finished those last few sentences almost took my breath away. Books really are like time capsules, and I truly felt 10 years old all over again, experiencing this fairytale for the first time and wishing I could go on an perilous, daring adventure to save my best friend and true love, too.