Lauren Anderson's Reviews > The Glass Palace

I have a special place in my heart for fairy tale retellings. There is a certain magic to adapting and making something so well known even more magical. That being said, I've not had much experience with East of the Sun, West of the Moon apart from a small Norweigen film called The Polar Bear King and the novel Ice by Sarah Beth Durst.

Both of the above have their charms, but The Glass Palace sparks a new light into the tale. A tiger, not a polar bear, living in a valley that is the opposite side of paradise.

The main character, Astrid, is wonderful. We can clearly see how she thinks and feels, having lost all her family and setting out on a strange journey to be with her mysterious husband that she has been promised to since before she was born. Only to find that the world is nothing like she expected.

Instead of being some damsel that just let's things happen to her, she actively chooses to keep going no matter the odds. No matter that she might die in the process. But then again, if she has nothing really left to loose but her life, her husband, and a talking bird... Surely she has everything to gain.

4.5* and really hoping the grammar errors dotted around got caught before the physical print run as that is my only complaint in an otherwise beautifully written story. I'll definitely be picking up some of her other books!

I received this free copy from BookSirens in return for an honest review.