Essie fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven
loyal drones that run the local mines on Thanda. She likes it
that way. For the most part because sll she wants is to be left
alone.
When Dane, a handsome young man, crashs near her home, Essie
agrees to help the pilot repair his ship because the sooner he
is gone, the sooner she can go back to her codes and droids.
But Dane's arrival is far from accidental, and her secret is no
longer safe.
STITCHING SNOW by R.C. Lewis takes Snow White into a futuristic
world of interstellar travel, AI mining drones, and
transitioning, a empathic power that allows one person complete
control of another's mind. I was very excited to get STITICHING
SNOW, and I had a lot of fun reading it. There are parts I
absolutely love. Essie's interaction with her seven mining
drones is cute and funny. I love the twist on the classic seven
dwarves, and I love the personalities of the drones which
parallels the classic but does make them a little edgier.
I like Essie. She's into programming and code, and she's
trained herself to fight, which she uses to survive. She's a
much sharper and tougher character than the traditional
princess of fairy tales. I really appreciated seeing her in
this role. STITCHING SNOW diverges from the traditional father-
daughter roles of Snow White. This different take provides
conflict, tension, and motivation for Essie's actions, and
makes the story feel more complete and rounded.
The beginning of STITCHING SNOW, where the world is being built
and the differences are being established is truly interesting,
but the ending didn't feel as original and fresh to me because
it followed the traditional Snow White tale a little too
closely.
First, Essie and Dane's romantic development fell a little flat
for me. He's the only good-looking boy her own age she's ever
met; of course she's going to fall in love with him. His
character starts off as cold, calculating, and charming. I love
that he is so irritating, and I love the fact that he does
something I would never forgive him for. I really enjoyed
seeing him as devious, intelligent, and willing to do whatever
to get what he wants. And then he becomes extremely noble. I
know, what can I say, I'd rather he remained devious and
underhanded. I was hoping he'd defy the traditional role and
they would maybe end up as respectful allies. That didn't
happen and the love story took up a large part of the plot, and
the unforgivable act (in my opinion) becomes something of a
joke between them. I am the unforgiving sort.
The other element which stood out to me is Essie's character
change as she gets closer to home. The opening scene of
STITCHING SNOW shows Essie in a cage match, fighting a man
twice her size and winning. She's fierce and smart and
stubborn, but introduce Dane who becomes her protector and
Essie stops using her physical strength because Dane is
stronger, faster, and a better fighter than her. Not to mention
as good at programming and code as she is. All the things I
love about Essie's character are pushed to the side when she
has to assume the traditional princess role of diplomacy,
compassion, and honor. None of which are bad, but I would have
liked these qualities balanced from beginning to end so she
felt like one person rather than one character being forced
into a role.
STITCHING SNOW is a lot of fun. The places where the story
diverges from the Snow White fairy tale are interesting and the
world is fascinating. With new and familiar characters,
STITCHING SNOW takes a beloved fairy tale and rounds it out,
providing all the elements of romance, betrayal, and honor
while adding superior conflict, overall depth and complexity to
the world. I definitely recommend STITCHING SNOW for fairy tale
enthusiasts and readers of all ages!
Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at
the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to
punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his
beloved daughter back-but that's assuming she wants to
return at all.
Essie has grown used to being cold. Temperatures on the
planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days
with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run
the local mines.
When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her
home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. But
soon she realizes that Dane's arrival was far from
accidental, and she's pulled into the heart of a war she's
risked everything to avoid.
In her enthralling debut, R.C. Lewis weaves the tale of a
princess on the run from painful secrets . . . and a
poisonous queen. With the galaxy's future-and her own-in
jeopardy, Essie must choose who to trust in a fiery fight
for survival.
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