Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novik
What is it about:
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders... but her father isn't a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife's dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty--until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers' pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed--and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold.
But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it's worth--especially when her fate becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand.
What did I think of it:
This was yet another Hugo read.
I really enjoyed this book, although I did think there were too many viewpoint characters. It did slow the story down. I will also confess I was more invested in Miryem's story than of one of the other lead characters.
That aside I loved the atmosphere and the mythology used in this story. It also weaves several fairytales together in an original way. I don't think I'll reread, but I might read more by Novik.
Why should you read it:
It's a very original fairytale retelling.
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