The rating probably lowered my expectations of this book but how. Parting with a book you have grown to love is such a bittersweet feeling, and I was happy and sad by the time I turned the last page because it means Rose’s journey has ended.Īnd here I thought I was worried about West ruining the story for me since I thought East could’ve been a stand-alone despite its rushed ending. I received a free copy of this book through the publisher and Netgalley.

Add to that the rather simplistic writing, kind of on a middle grade level, and West just never really engaged me.įull review to come. Though the details are different, it tracks the same basic plot a little too closely. West isn't a bad story, but it's basically a theme and variation on the first book, East. So Rose leaves baby Wynn with her family in Norway and takes off to try to track down her husband. Rose refuses to believe Charles is dead, even though they get a direct report from someone who says they saw him die, and hands over his wedding ring to Rose. until Charles is lost at sea in a suspiciously odd storm. Rose has married Charles (aka the White Bear), they have a baby boy they call Wynn, and life is pretty good. West picks up three years after the end of East. Anyway, you do NOT want to mess with the Queen Troll and her magic, but at the end of East (spoiler for East) everyone thinks she's comfortably dead.įifteen years later, Pattou has finally followed up East with this sequel, appropriately titled West. Trolls.Īctually, in Pattou's world trolls are attractive and look like humans, except they have hard, woody skin. I really enjoyed Edith Pattou's first fantasy novel, East, which is an award-winning YA retelling of 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon,' a Norwegian folk tale that kind of mirrors the Snow Queen folk tale, except with More.

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