Winterling

Spring is about life and green buds and birdsong, not about hunting a living creature to a bloody death Enjoyed it. Sarah Prineas wrote this book in such an imaginative way that.... Just WoW! Her imagination is great. WORLDBUILDING In this book we are not introduced to the world upto my ex......more

This was a solidly OK book. The characters had potential, but felt flat. The flap told me to expect "boundless curiosity and wild spirit" from Fer, the main character. Honestly, this description had more spunk and energy than I felt while reading the text. I'm having a hard time writing this review......more

Second read: 2018/ 4 stars. I decided to reread this book because I was participating in the ReRead-A-Thon and I also recently bought the sequels to this series. I knew vaguely what happened but not enough to feel ready to just jump into the second book. So a reread was needed. I think I enjoyed this......more

Das Cover hat mich sofort an ein Wintermärchen erinnert und auch ein bisschen an Rotkäppchen - damit hat es zwar nichts zu tun, aber als magisches Abenteuer hat es mich sehr faszinieren können und ich habe mit der jungen Protagonistin Fer sehr mitgefiebert. Jennifer, die von allen nur Fer genannt wi......more

I'm s sucker for beautifully illustrated middle grade cover art. In fact, this was the draw for me to pick up this book. Luckily, the story was solid, too. Pitched as a middle grade fantasy, Winterling didn't fail to entertain, with evil villain called "The Lady", pucks, shape shifters and a magical......more