Spinning Silver

I'm one of the ones who really liked Uprooted and was looking forward to reading this new fairytale retelling by Naomi Novick, and I did enjoy it, but maybe not as much as Uprooted. What I did like was the atmospheric feel throughout that just exuded the ‘feel' of a fairytale. I also enjoyed Miryem as a character. It was nice to see a female character be the driving force behind changing the fate of herself and her family. Things I didn't enjoy as much were the very confusing shifting points of view. There was more than one instance that I was more than a page into a chapter before realizing whose perspective it was, which really threw me out of the story and forced me to re-read sections to get it straight. I also kinda missed having a bit of romance. I'm not one who requires romance to enjoy a book, but for some reason I felt the lack of it here. Having said that, it was my personal expectation that there would be a romantic side to it and not really a detriment to the book as a whole. Overall I didn't really emotionally connect with this one as much, so while it was still a very enjoyable read and I would recommend it, it also didn't quite blow me away.