Spinning Silver’s biggest different from Uprooted is that it is told from multiple first person perspectives interwoven together. We follow Miryem, a Jewish girl who becomes a successful moneylender, and gets propositioned by the Staryk King when it’s claimed she can turn silver into gold. In this book, we are based in Lithvas, an expy for Lithuania, and that threat is not the Wood but the Staryk, faeries made of ice who have the ability to make a winter even more deadly. Rather than a direct or even indirect sequel to Uprooted, Spinning Silver is a story that simply takes place in the same world, where the supernatural is once more an unacknowledged yet commonplace threat in everyone’s lives. I think it’s fair to say that Spinning Silver was my most anticipated book of the year, and it absolutely did not fail to deliver on my expectations. *I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review* I basically cried when I got an ARC acceptance through Netgalley. Why did I want to read? Uprooted is one of my favourite books, and this book has fae in it. But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it’s worth–especially when her fate becomes tangled with a king who has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand.
When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold. Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and Irina embark on a quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power and love.Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of mortals and winter alike. However, the dashing tsar is not what he seems.
Irina's father schemes to wed her to the tsar - he will pay any price to achieve this goal. And in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. He sets her an impossible challenge - and if she fails, she'll die. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into gold, which attract the fairy king of winter himself. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father's too kind-hearted to collect his debts.
Taking Rumpelstiltskin as her starting point, Spinning Silver is rich, original and a joy to read. Naomi Novik has once again been influenced by classic folktales, following Uprooted - her standalone novel.
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