Stitching Snow
I was so surprised by this book! What a cute little story! I picked this up because I had overheard rumors that it was a, "Cinder ripoff", which it was not. I had been looking for a similar books to Cinder for quite awhile and this seemed to fit the bill. This book had the misplaced princess and lots of droids, but that's about as far as I can compare it to Cinder. The droids had cute little personalities but they were nowhere near as human as the ones in Cinder.This is how I imagine the droids in Stitching Snow...
And the droids in Cinder...
Plot Summary
After running away from home as a child, Essie (our MC), was a refugee and living on a mining planet called Thanda. Essie participated in fights with men (like a boss) in her spare time to make extra money. Her main job was programming (or stitching as they call it), where she programmed droids to work in the mines. She had a happy and somewhat peaceful life there until there was a crash one day. A young man by the name of Dane crashed his ship on their planet. This is the part where Essie's life gets out of control and we learn a lot of new things about her. We learn some very interesting things....
You know what's crazy about this book? It's a standalone! Yes a standalone! When I was finished I thought there'd be another book. Everything wrapped up neatly at the end, but there could be more books written easily. I say bravo to the author for not dragging things out.
I really enjoyed this book. I hate to keep making Cinder comparisons, but you'd probably enjoy this book if you liked Cinder. I can't say that it was as good as The Lunar Chronicles, but still a great read nonetheless.
