csparkles's review
1.0
I read this even after not enjoying Stealing Snow because I already had it checked out (and had an hour left in my flight with nowhere to go). I really like the idea of Margot's character from the novel, but I didn't feel like this was satisfying. She has a good start- trying to be a witch, doesn't work out, what can she do next?! But then it falls apart when she needs "rescuing" by a guy who ends up hurting her. Really? Do we need to do this? Always a boy there to save the day here. Ugh. Won't reread it.
lizbethandthelifeinbetween's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this. I could not put it down. I read it in one sitting. Danielle Paige is amazing and I love her main works, but these novellas are giving them a run for their money. I will definitely put rereading [b:Stealing Snow|28260524|Stealing Snow (Stealing Snow, #1)|Danielle Paige|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453999507l/28260524._SY75_.jpg|44880721] higher up on my to-do list now, as while I recognized some names and images I had associated them with while reason Stealing Snow for the first time, it has been years since I picked it up.
This a great self-contained story, but I was distracted trying to piece together what I do remember about Stealing Snow and reimagining it in that context. However, this made for a great story on its own without any other context and I loved it.
This a great self-contained story, but I was distracted trying to piece together what I do remember about Stealing Snow and reimagining it in that context. However, this made for a great story on its own without any other context and I loved it.
jcriddle3's review
4.0
I loved learning more about Margot as a character. This prequel also let me see a different side of Ora. I can't wait to see what happens in the full length book, which comes out soon.
alyce6d980's review
1.0
Oh, it was all going so well.
'Queen Rising' focuses on Margot, who briefly crops up in 'Before the Snow' as an ex-apprentice of the witches. Her mother sold her to the Witch of the Woods and sold her brother to the royal family: Go spends his days being Prince Lazar's companion while Margot experiments with potions and tries to find magic inside her.
It's a nice story about the importance of family and finding an alternate path when the goal you're striving for is unattainable, but there's a huge error in the timeline of the story.
In 'Before the Snow', Prince Lazar discovers his snow powers by freezing a room of his staff members. In 'Queen Rising', Margot gets told that her brother has been frozen to death by the prince. Unless the prince makes freezing his staff a habit and did this twice, I'm assuming it's the same incident.
So how were Nepenthe's parents still alive when the first freezing incident happens, but Margot's mentions that Nepenthe is an orphan before going to visit Go, a few months before he dies?
If the prince did have a second freezing incident it wasn't mentioned at all in 'Before the Snow', which has him as a much more central character, so it's either an oversight or a humongous mistake!
'Queen Rising' focuses on Margot, who briefly crops up in 'Before the Snow' as an ex-apprentice of the witches. Her mother sold her to the Witch of the Woods and sold her brother to the royal family: Go spends his days being Prince Lazar's companion while Margot experiments with potions and tries to find magic inside her.
It's a nice story about the importance of family and finding an alternate path when the goal you're striving for is unattainable, but there's a huge error in the timeline of the story.
In 'Before the Snow', Prince Lazar discovers his snow powers by freezing a room of his staff members. In 'Queen Rising', Margot gets told that her brother has been frozen to death by the prince. Unless the prince makes freezing his staff a habit and did this twice, I'm assuming it's the same incident.
So how were Nepenthe's parents still alive when the first freezing incident happens, but Margot's mentions that Nepenthe is an orphan before going to visit Go, a few months before he dies?
If the prince did have a second freezing incident it wasn't mentioned at all in 'Before the Snow', which has him as a much more central character, so it's either an oversight or a humongous mistake!
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