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. Not-so-good for Naomi Novik still means worlds above many other authors, after all.įirst sentence: The real story isn’t half as pretty as the one you’ve heard. It wasn’t as amazing as Uprooted and there were some problems for me that could easily have been fixed, but it was still a great book overall.

While not an actual sequel, Spinning Silver is the spiritual successor to that book and so had quite a lot to live up to.

Like many other readers, I adored Naomi Novik’s first foray into fairy tale territory in the shape of her novel Uprooted.

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