This forces Miryem to take matters into her own hands. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty. Spinning Silver is a brilliantly vivid retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. I had to do the work first, not knowing.” “But I had not known that I was strong enough to do any of those things until they were over and I had done them. It’s well-deserved, and Spinning Silver rightfully deserves the gorgeous cover art (US edition) illustrated by Nico Delort. This high rating you’re seeing is not a fairytale. Spinning Silver is one of the best standalone novels I’ve read. So here I am, nodding my head and adding my opinion to their praises they were all 100% right. She said that Spinning Silver is one of the best standalone novels she has ever read.

And then, another good friend of mine-Mary-who also disliked Uprooted decided to sent me a copy of Spinning Silver. However, after hearing from many readers-one of them being my friend, Elliot Brooks-who disliked Uprooted that Spinning Silver worked wonderfully for them, my curiosity was piqued. I consider Uprooted one of the worst fantasy novels I’ve read, and I had no motivation in trying out more of Novik’s works for five years.

Honestly speaking, I never intended to read Spinning Silver. It’s been exactly five years since I’ve read Uprooted by Naomi Novik. If Uprooted is my Hell, then Spinning Silver is my Heaven.įive years. Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and her two unlikely allies embark on a desperate quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power, and love.Ĭhanneling the vibrant heart of myth and fairy tale, Spinning Silver weaves a multilayered, magical tapestry that readers will want to return to again and again. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk alike. Set an impossible challenge by the nameless king, Miryem unwittingly spins a web that draws in a peasant girl, Wanda, and the unhappy daughter of a local lord who plots to wed his child to the dashing young tsar.īut Tsar Mirnatius is not what he seems. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk-grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh-Miryem's fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father's inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty-until Miryem takes matters into her own hands.

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