Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen eBook Jacque Stevens
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To save her true love from the Winter Queen, Katie must soften her frozen heart. Teen and young adult fans of C. S. Lewis and Shannon Hale will love this inspirational retelling of The Snow Queen.
Katie knows better than to believe in happy endings.
She learned there was no such thing after her mother died. In the postindustrial town of Riverside, Katie struggles to care for her distant father and his failing hotel. Her only comfort lies in the arms of her true love, Shay.
Yet one evening, he disappears without a trace.
Devastated, Katie jumps off a bridge in winter, expecting to meet death in the frozen water below. Instead, her fall transports her to a snowy netherworld, where trapped souls take on the form of animals and the only thing that matters is survival.
Then Katie discovers that Shay has been kidnapped by a deadly sorceress called the Winter Queen. She goes on a journey to find him, traveling through the realms of storybook fairies, princesses, thieves, and monsters to bring him home. But the path is harsh and dangerous. Will Shay and Katie be reunited? Or be forever trapped within an eternal winter?
A retelling of the classic fairytale The Snow Queen, WINTER FALLS is a young adult epic fantasy romance which examines the trials of depression and mental illness in a magical world of action and adventure.
Clean romance. References to alcohol abuse, suicide, and other serious topics. Recommended for teen readers ages 14 and up.
Other Books by Jacque Stevens
Stone Bearers
0.The Stone Bearers (2016)
0.5. The Frog’s Princess (2016)
1.The Queen’s Opal (Coming 2017)
2.The Queen’s Gift (Coming 2018)
3.The Queen’s Heir (Coming 2018)
4.The Queen’s Bane (Coming 2018)
5.The Queen’s Rite (Coming 2019)
Please Note The Queen’s Opal is Book One. The Stone Bearers is a standalone novel that can be read before or after the full series.
The short story, The Frog’s Princess, can also be read in any order. Find it in The Fantastic Worlds Anthology (2016) or have a free digital copy delivered to you after signing up for my email list at sjacquebooks.com. Those on my email list will receive monthly emails with updates on deals, review opportunities for new releases, and other exclusive content.
Fairy Ring
1.Fairy Ring Shards of Janderelle (2017)
2.Fairy Ring Changeling of Janderelle (Coming 2018)
3.Fairy Ring Prince of Janderelle (Coming 2019)
Others
Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen (2017)
Depths A Tale of the Little Mermaid (Coming 2018)
Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen eBook Jacque Stevens
Who is the Snow Queen? Katie?..whose life is so full of disappointments and sorrow that she ends up hurting all those who try to love her or a little winter fairy who has turned a mystical world into a cold heartless land? This story is well written and I will be reading it again and again!! There are so may layers of discovery as Katie finds herself and who she really is. I love how this story is intertwined with colorful characters, flashbacks that resonate with greater understanding and growth for a very self adsorbed girl who finds out what it means to really love and be loved. Oh.. and its really fun to find the many references to my favorite fairy tales cleverly sprinkled throughout the story!!Product details
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Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen eBook Jacque Stevens Reviews
This is my second book by Jacque Stevens. The first one was also a fantasy story but totally different from this one. The Winter Falls is a retelling of the story of the Snow Queen.
The story of the Snow Queen that I am familiar with is the one on the Chronicles of Narnia and Frozen. *Cue in background music for the "Let it go!" the sound track* I have also watched the movie where Emily Blunt played the role as Snow Queen opposite Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen. The difference between this story and other versions of the Snow Queens that were done is that on this version the Snow Queen is part of the four princesses that are responsible for the four seasons. This also included an alternate-universe-kind aspect--the real world and the fairy tale world co-existing in the same time and the portal to cross between these two worlds was through a broken glass shard.
What struck me most about this is the author's note. The author described how this story came about. This was written when she was going through hard times as cold and desolate as winter time. Then this book got published in summer which spelled a lifting of the coldness and the coming of warmth and good things in her life. What I love most about everything she said was that, like everything else, winter ends also. No matter how cold, bitter and desolate it could get, spring comes and melts all the terrible experiences and lingering feelings winter has brought. This is a story of hope.
In a lot of ways, I can closely relate to what the author is talking about. Winter--the all encompassing metaphor for the hardships, loneliness, separation and emptiness we experience trying to get through life. And like the seasons, life moves on and with it the changes that come forth. Some of these changes we should be willing to initiate to finally find comfort and warmth. Others we need to accept as challenges thrown our way. We may not like them but they bring some sort of blessing or force us to find strength from all the strangest places. Just like what happened in this story.
I enjoyed this! The part where the main character, Katie, ended up in another world was so exhilarating. In that alternate universe, she was able to confront her weaknesses and find her strength. I think a lot of people can relate to Katie. We all have our own fears and frustrations. Most of us have built walls to not be hurt again. To protect us from getting our broken hearts from further crumbling to dust. We have fashioned full-body armors out of desperation and depravity as defense from all the foes whether human or otherwise. We walk around carrying these cumbersome armors in the hope of resisting pain and discouragement, all the while adding to our burdens.
I give this book 5/5 mirrors. Knowing where this story came from has affected me most. It made Katie's character so relatable and got me so involved in her experiences. I guess, understanding what the author went through and having been through the same contributed to the depth and sorrow expressed in the story. Yes, reading this felt like winter--freezing, isolating, desperate and tormenting but also filled with hope, just like all other fairy tale stories. It's always darkest before the dawn but through it all, the morning sun rises with all its glory and melts all the darkness to oblivion. This also pointed out a lot of parallelism to real life. If you haven't known, fairy tales are taken from real stories. They just use a lot of symbolism.
Whatever I had lost, had been missing for years and was certain to be gone for good.
- Jacques Stevens, Winter Falls -
Thank you again, Kathy of ebooksforreview.com for the copy. Sorry for the delayed post.
This is a voluntary review. I was gifted a copy.
Title Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen
Author Jacque Stevens
Publisher sjacquebooks, 2017 (January 23)
Genre YA Fantasy, YA Retellings
**I received a copy of this book free from Ebooksforreview and the author in exchange for an honest review**
This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA’s Tumblr, or my Goodreads page
My Review
Ok, you all know I’m drawn to pretty covers, right? Like, if you’ve followed my blog for at least a couple weeks, you know this by now. This cover didn’t do it for me…but I took the plunge based on the blurb.
This book….let’s just say that Stealing Snow should have been replaced by this book! I could imagine that cover on this book. And then this book being picked up by the big pubs. Like, seriously, I’m finding all these jewels lately that are better than the big bestsellers…so what’s up with that??
Anyway. Let me tell you about this fabulous book I read (that you better not judge cover-wise, even though I’m a hypocrite)
The book is set somewhere around the early 1900s from what I could gather…it never specifies but there are references. And it makes sense since the original Hans Christian Andersen story is from the 19th century. But I digress. As usual.
In the beginning, Katie falls through the ice. She was going to jump, but she slipped anyway. And when she wakes up, she is not dead, but in another world. We get backstory in between segments of the narrative, and we slowly find out what led Katie to jump…and what she is doing in this world to which she somehow traveled.
Katie works at her father’s hotel since it’s only the two of them. Katie’s mother, her father tells her, is off fighting pirates and freeing people from criminals. But when Katie finds out from gossip at the hotel that her mother is actually dead, her belief in all things good shatters. She begins to build a wall and she stops believing in anything resembling magic, especially her pet crow Avery who used to talk to her.
But crows don’t talk. Mothers don’t fight pirates. And fathers remarry and have new families.
Told in a present to past perspective (via dreams, storytelling), we learn that Katie takes on more and more responsibility at the hotel, shutting herself off from her family. Shay, a young neighborhood boy, seems to be interested in her, but she keeps him at arms length as well, responding to the taunts of “Ms. Katherine, the spinster, the Ice Princess.” A self-fulfilling prophecy, Katie eventually pushes everyone away.
But in this other world, she finds out that four fairies rule the seasons, but Winter has become the most powerful. And Katie learns the Winter Queen has Shay. But why does she have him? And why does Katie even care?
As she makes it her personal quest to save Shay, Katie discovers that even walls we build inside ourselves must crumble…if we are ever to find out the truth behind them.
Is it Classroom-Appropriate?
Yes. This story is very clean, it intermixes all sorts of lessons and other fairy tales, and it connects students to classic literature. The Snow Queen is a story we are mostly familiar with, and we have been searching for an adequate retelling for years. Some authors have done it and others have not (cough cough Stealing Snow cough cough). This could be used in a lesson plan as a contemporary retelling and be compared to the original. It could be used to showcase the coming-of-age theme, as well as highlight the escapism that Katie shares with the creatures from the other world. I think it would be better as a MG classroom piece, but I could see it effectively used if time allowed for a folk/fairy tale unit.
So I actually give Winter Falls ★★★★ for classroom use!
Can definitely be used with some creativity!
Age Range
Of course indie books aren’t ever on Lexile, so I won’t even try to look it up. I would say 13 and up, as the Goodreads blurb warns of “alcohol abuse, suicide, and other serious topics.” The site referenced, MyBookRatings, is not a site I’m familiar with, but they suggest 14 and up. I honestly think that’s overcautious. It is a clean romance and there are many other books dealing with far more serious issues in MG books. So I think 13 is a good age, and I would even give it to my 12 year old niece (if she liked retellings, but alas, she’s not like her cool aunt).
End Result
I found another favorite that gave me a major book hangover! This book is fresh and keeps you on your toes, as you are eager to learn what brought Katie to this world. The four fairies are so different but each are sympathetic characters, as is our Ice Princess, Katie. She is not a Mary Sue by any means, she is not a “chosen one” but a jaded girl who has felt alone all her life. Stevens writes with no errors and I honestly think if you slapped a pretty cover on this and put it out, people would love it. I haven’t felt as passionate since Heir of Illaria. And at least that had a pretty cover.
So I give Winter Falls A Tale of the Snow Queen ★★★★★.
Yup, it’s a new fave of mine!
So…will you be picking this on up?
I was really drawn in and felt connected to the characters in this book! You know it was great when you feel a loss when it is finished! Can't wait for more from this author!
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It was very thought provoking and a bit darker than I expected having read her other published book. I still enjoyed the complexity of the story and the growth of the characters.
Who is the Snow Queen? Katie?..whose life is so full of disappointments and sorrow that she ends up hurting all those who try to love her or a little winter fairy who has turned a mystical world into a cold heartless land? This story is well written and I will be reading it again and again!! There are so may layers of discovery as Katie finds herself and who she really is. I love how this story is intertwined with colorful characters, flashbacks that resonate with greater understanding and growth for a very self adsorbed girl who finds out what it means to really love and be loved. Oh.. and its really fun to find the many references to my favorite fairy tales cleverly sprinkled throughout the story!!
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