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Feathers of Snow: A Goose Girl retelling (Kingdom of Birds and Beasts Book 1) by [Alice Ivinya]

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In Brianna’s new world of ice and snow, the coldest things by far are the eyes of her betrothed...

Brianna bears a deadly secret: she’s not the princess she is pretending to be. If the prince finds out, her life will be forfeit and her country plunged into war.But there is more to the icy prince than meets the eye, and Brianna slowly unravels the secrets of his dark past while surviving in a strange culture.

However her goodness and wit will only get her so far. Terrifying beasts stalk the border and a murderer is at work in the town. They know the truth of Brianna’s identity and will stop at nothing to destroy all she has fought for.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08MZ69K29
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1243 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
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Alice is a USA Today Bestselling author. She lives in Bristol, UK, and has loved fantasy all her life. Her favourite authors are Brandon Sanderson and Holly Black. When she's not off gallivanting in other worlds, you can find her looking after her young son, working as a small animal vet, hanging out with her church family, or walking the best dog in the world with her husband.

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Elizabeth Toller

Clever and Fun

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 5, 2023

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This retelling of A Goose Girl is cute, fun, clever, and romantic. The fantasy world building was excellent, the main characters admirable, and the plot fun to watch unfold. Excited to read further books in this series!

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Kevin

An upgrade on the original fairy tale - wonderful characters and interesting plot.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2021

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TLDR? I put my general observations and overall assessment first, and more particular details later (no spoilers). So just read until you’ve seen enough.
If you like fairy tale retellings, you should read this one. Strong fairy tale style, great retelling, but it's not one of the most well-known tales so it hasn't already been done a half a dozen different ways.
The main character is very empathetic, likeable, flawed but no more than the average person would be in her situation. I rooted for her from the first page, and staid with her at every turn, eager to know how it turns out. All the characters in this book are believable characters with unique personalities, although Brianna is the only POV character through the whole story – but that works well. I read it fast, and it felt short even though it’s not, because I remained immersed in it and enjoyed every page.
But you should know, before you start it, that it is the first book in a series. The story is not complete at the end of this book. There is at least one more book, which is not out yet. I don’t know whether there will be more.
I noticed five or six typos, half of them grammatical errors that look like the result of sloppy editing (a word being removed that leaves the sentence incomplete), and the other half issues of punctuation – a sentence with no closing punctuation, a sentence at the end of a paragraph that ends with a comma instead of a period, etc. Enough to know it’s not a fully professional production, but relatively few errors for an indie author. Not enough to stop me from enjoying the read.
Other than being a fairy-tale retelling, set in a high fantasy style world, it manages to blend in parts of other genres.
Drama:
Drama seems to be the main focus of the story – there is personal drama between the main character Brianna and the princess she serves, and later between Brianna and the man she is sent to marry against her will. There is a horse who can talk to her and is her best friend (one of my favorite characters), and other talking animals who are not so friendly. But that gets more into the action/adventure section.
Romance:
The romance is slow-burn, slightly hostile strangers to lovers. I wouldn’t quite say enemies to lovers because they were never really enemies, but they certainly both had their guard up to start. There is one scene near the end where there starts to be quite a few sparks, but they are very proper in their etiquette so there is no sex. The romance is strong, central to the story, believable, heart-warming, and completely PG.
Mystery:
There are a couple of deaths under mysterious circumstances, and voices on the wind that seem to know more than they should. There is political intrigue, there are hidden pasts. There is plenty of mystery, and some of the mysteries are revealed along the way while some remain unsolved to draw you into the next book.
Action/Adventure:
There is certainly the threat of danger at every turn. There are treacherous nobles, giant talking Spirit Beasts plotting to kill as many people as they can, giant raging insane beasts out to attack everything in sight, as well as normal environmental hazards of the far north. But 90% of it remains only a potential threat. There are only a couple of actual fights on screen, and they are both resolved rather quickly. The action/adventure side of the story is the weakest, but I didn’t miss it too much because of the tension from the drama and mystery aspects of the story, and the interesting relationships.

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Penny McIntosh

Broken

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 18, 2022

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This book has left me broken.

Beautiful, and painful. I feel like I want to cry for a week. I'm thankful the rest of the series is out so that I can, hopefully, find a happy ending for these characters.

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Aside from world building, a pretty bland story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2021

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If you’re familiar with The Goose Girl story, you’ll know where this retelling is going, but roles reversed in a way. Overall this feels like a shadow of what the story could be. Initially this story pulled me in pretty quickly. More to the world building - which is done amazingly - and the mythology of this world. I was so excited to delve more into that. I loved a lot about this book but I feel just over halfway through it kinda started to lose momentum until it sputtered out completely.

The weakest part of the story is easily the heroine Brianna. Her character is actually weak, she is a door mat for everyone through the entirety of the book, not really coming into herself, and I found her motivations equally weak and dispassionate. The motivation behind the role switch is pretty unconvincing, mostly because it happens in moments and we’re not given a lot from Brianna aside from some tears, easy acceptance, and a mild conversation with her trusted friend. None of it belays the fear, desperation, hopelessness that the situation should actually be having on her, nor does how easily it occurs seem realistic even in a fantasy novel. Most of Brianna’s thought process after this seems singularly and even a bit naively motivated to winning her betrothed’s favor. Right off she is only thinking of that, not how she can escape or sabotage the forced marriage. Or even become a stronger version of herself now that she’s free from her previous life’s duties. Her reasoning for staying is wrapped in tepid motivations it doesn’t seem she truly cares about because the author didn’t create enough connection for the reader to care about them either. Even her friendship with the only being she can’t imagine life without because their soul bond and relationship is more like a way to introduce backstory info rather than develop a deeper character

Though I loved the mystery of Jian, I think it’s criminal to call this a slow burn or a romance. The driving force behind Brianna’s every actions is catching his eye or getting him to speak with her. This is pretty shallow. I think having a situation/conflict force them into more interaction would’ve been more natural for the character of Jian rather than his reluctant acceptance of Brianna’s constant interruption in his life. She is often jealous of his attention going to his duties/friends even when she barely knows him and hasn’t even expressed a genuine attraction to him in her inner monologuing. It was like reading a child’s account of a budding crush - cringey, one-sided, very bland. But there were some pretty great moments in there too, they just never felt like enough. Scenes like her funeral song, him gifting her the bracelet…there was just so much to work with but it was never quite enough for me. I’d classify this as reluctant friendship, not romance, especially with how easy Jian dismisses her at the end.

And the ending (I know this is a series) was so typical Brianna. It was basically, “well ok then.” We didn’t really get a a deeper look into the spirit world or the other mysteries of her new country, despite it being the driving force behind the entire political alliance, Jian’s inner turmoil and reluctance, and her bond to Fallada. (A very missed story opportunity by killing him off.)

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Your heart will not be the same!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2021

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Oh my goodness! I don't think I'll survive until September for book 2!! I am going to book a ticket to Bristol so I can read over the author's shoulder as she writes... she'll be okay with that, right?
I haven't read the original Goose Girl story so this whole thing is new to me! Ivinya has given me my newest book boyfriend in Prince Jian. He had my heart captivated from first sight! Lady Brianna is my hero in how she handled herself over and over again against the unfairness dealt her. The constant tyranny coming from Princess Elyanna (may have spelled that wrong), always feeling less than enough and alone and unable to find the freedom she so desperately seeks. The two of them make the perfect pairing and deserve all the happiness in the world. My heart ran the gauntlet of emotions in this story. I loved watching Brianna win everyone's heart and still remaining humble. Watching Jian slowly melt and become excited for something other than his duty was so sweet. It was a slow burn romance that made me melt over and over again. Will their love survive the constant threat Brianna feels around every corner? Well, read on and find out for yourself! It's worth the read! Hurry up September!

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Unputdownable quiet fantasy retelling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 13, 2021

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A fabulous fantasy fairy tale reworking full of all the Young Adult goodness you could hope for. I think this is one that would appeal to fans of A Curse So Dark and Lonely for it's magical world and fantasy with romance vibes - comparatively there's not much action in this one, but it felt like something from the same stable. It's also the first in series, so has a to be continued rather than story arc ending, but felt like a satisfying stop point to read to none the less... Yet left me desperate for more anyway.

Honestly, Goose Girl isn't really my favourite to read retellings of. They tend to stick so rigidly to the script, usually dumped into the same old fantasy settings... But not this. Instead of dwelling on the cruel princess/poor maidservant relationship, we see Brianna's character as someone who suffered bullying and is trying to find a way through without her tormentor. Instead of generic fantasy world, this one has stacks of strangely original mythology based around "Spirit Beasts", the innate magic of the lands and noble bloodlines. It's not going to kill your cravings for witches and wizards slinging spells, but the talking animals and Princess Mononoke-like creatures are more than enough to add a dose of folklore magic to the mixture.

I loved the writing style. Brianna's narration let you get inside her head as much as it did in experiencing the action around her. It reveals a flawed, fearful character with greater inner strength than she knows. Yes, her main aim is to get the guy to like her, but it's not an insta-love I-must-marry-him sort of setup. It's quite clever her instead of putting up with a love-sick teenager, for once we see someone pragmatic whose past leads them to act the way they do. Prince Jian too actually acts in a logical way - for once in YA! - and their relationship build up was softly done in a way that made it believable. I'm not sure it's exactly a slow-burn romance given there's not a lot of overt romantic feelings for the most part, and it's only part of the story. There's plenty of world-building and scene-setting time to enjoy as the characters dance around each other.

A couple of things did bother me: for one, the setting where the Borderlanders seemed to be taking influence from Far Eastern cultures, yet still lived very Medieval European lives. Something about it didn't quite gel for me. The other thing was that at times it did stick to the fairy tale script in ways that could feel a bit jarring (e.g. the sudden "a-ha!" moment where queen and princess decide to pack off Brianna).

But overall I enjoyed the writing immensely, and was glad to find a(n admittedly girly) YA fantasy with romance rather than a hormonal smushfest of "romance" that just happened to be in a fantasy world. With an interesting, muted take on the usual characters, a simple but original handling of the plot, and wonderful world-building, this one was a winner for me.

I'm looking forward to finding out more of this weird world, and how the characters move on from where we left them.

Lyndsey

Gorgeous wintery fairy tale retelling with grit and magic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 4, 2021

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This book swept me away to a snow-covered castle and made me fall in love with a frosty prince. I loved the unique world Ivinya created, especially the snippets of history, myth and folklore we were treated to. It's a truly original adaptation of The Goose Girl fairy tale, with a strong, steady heroine who faces danger and heartbreak head on, and a stoic, brooding prince who'll do whatever it takes to protect his people from the threats over the wall. If you love clean but still swoon worthy romantic fantasy, fairytale retellings and lush, richly detailed world building, you'll love Feathers of Snow.

Dast

Really great story, impossible to put down.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 20, 2021

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This is a great fantasy story with an unusual and very compelling plot. The author does a really wonderful job of "show not tell" when it comes to the fascinating fictional world the story is set in: you get a very vivid idea of what it is like, but never get sat down and lectured about it.

After finishing the book I looked up the "goose girl" fairy tale that it is based off. Its really fascinating to see what the author has changed, how so many elements are the same but with such different emphasis that it feels completely different.

Mr Paul Ievins

Gripping story of adventure, romance and intrigue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 18, 2021

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The first of a fantasy trilogy which has a great ending but also leaves you really wanting to know what happens next. The main characters are believable, impetuous, formidable and loveable. A must read before Feathers of Blood.

DJ Collins

Really excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 13, 2021

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I really loved this book. The storyline and characters pulled me in and I am going to read the next one immediately

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