Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Fantasy; Fairy Tale
Retelling, Beauty and the Beast, Souls, Polar Bears
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: When Cassie was a
little girl, her grandmother told her a fairy tale about her mother, who made a
deal with the Polar Bear King and was swept away to the ends of the earth. Now
that Cassie is older, she knows the story was a nice way of saying her mother
had died. Cassie lives with her father at an Arctic research station, is
determined to become a scientist, and has no time for make-believe. Then, on
her eighteenth birthday, Cassie comes face-to-face with a polar bear who speaks
to her. He tells her that her mother is alive, imprisoned at the ends of the
earth. And he can bring her back -- if Cassie will agree to be his bride. That
is the beginning of Cassie's own real-life fairy tale, one that sends her on an
unbelievable journey across the brutal Arctic, through the Canadian boreal
forest, and on the back of the North Wind to the land east of the sun and west
of the moon. Before it is over, the world she knows will be swept away, and
everything she holds dear will be taken from her -- until she discovers the
true meaning of love and family in the magical realm of Ice.
To use the author’s own words this story is about true love.
It takes place at the Arctic. Cassie is a single minded person who wants to
follow in her father’s steps. But everything changes when she meets Bear. Then
Cassie discovers a world that makes her logical mind turn on its side. And she
discovers what she will truly do for love. This is a beautiful story. It shows
what one would do for the ones that they love. I read this and then reread it
because I just didn’t want it to end. I found the characters believable in a
magical and beautiful setting of the great white north. Put this book on your
must read list it really is that good.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Books
ISBN: 1416986448
Pages: 336
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