Stitching Snow Review

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
Released: October 14, 2014
Series: n/a
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 336
Stars: 5/5

Hey guys, I just finished reading Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis and I thought it was incredible. For those of you that don't know, it's a re-telling of Snow White.

Princess Snow is missing.

Her home planet, once known for lush landscapes, is now filled with violence, fear, and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his new wife as they attempt to punish the princess's captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back - but that's assuming she wants to return at all.

Essie has grown used to being cold. Temperatures on the planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run the local mine. 

When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. But soon she realizes that Danes arrival was far from accidental, and she's pulled into the heart of a war she's risked everything to avoid. 

In her enthralling debut, R.C. Lewis weaves the tale of a princess on the run from painful secrets (and a poisonous queen). With the galaxy's future - and her own - in jeopardy, Essie must choose who to trust in a fiery fight for survival. 

Essie - Princess Snow - is incredibly strong and brave, although she's running from a terrible past. Her mother is dead and her stepmother wants her dead. To save her life she flees from the castle as a child and spends the rest of her days on Thanda working with the mining drones.

This book has incredible characters, and some of my absolute favourites were the drones! Ticktock, Clank, Clunk, Cusser, Zippy, Whirligig, and Dimwit. The steampunk aspect of this retelling was done phenomenally and I thought it added so much character to the story.

I also liked that the love story in this book takes a long time to evolve and is not just instant attraction and love at first sight.

This book had me reading well into the night, and overall I thought it was a great read.