Synopses & Reviews
OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD FAIRY-TALE RETELLING: Fans of Marissa Meyer's
Cinder and
Scarlet, as well as recent movies like
Snow White and the Huntsman and the TV show
Once Upon a Time, will snatch up this new retelling and love its unique, gritty outer-space setting.
THRILLING DEBUT: Stitching Snow introduces R.C. Lewis as a great new talent. Her skill for spot-on world building and her unique take on the story of Snow White are sure to create big fans, as can be seen in the early praise her novel has already received.
MYSTERIOUS LOVE INTEREST: When Dane crash-lands on Essie's planet, he has many secrets. As they are revealed, readers will simultaneously hate him and love him right along with Essie as her feelings for him move from a hesitant friendship, to absolutely wanting to kill him, and then, slowly, to something more.
STRONG FEMALE LEAD: Hardly the damsel-in-distress, Essie makes her living by winning cage fights and writing computer code. With her tough-as-nails personality, she's sure to leave a mark.
MORE TO COME: R.C. Lewis's fresh space-age take on fairy tales continues with her next standalone book, Spinning Starlight, out in fall 2015.
Review
"'Snow White' gets an upgrade in this clever, surprisingly gritty science-fiction version."--Kirkus Reviews
Review
"This has strong appeal for sci-fi and fantasy lovers and fans of Marissa Meyer's 'Lunar Chronicles.'"--School Library Journal
Review
"[A] gripping story with lots of moving parts and will likely appeal to fans of genre fiction."--Booklist
Synopsis
Princess Snow is missing.
Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter back-but that's assuming she wants to return at all.
Essie has grown used to being cold. Temperatures on the planet Thanda are always sub-zero, and she fills her days with coding and repairs for the seven loyal drones that run the local mines.
When a mysterious young man named Dane crash-lands near her home, Essie agrees to help the pilot repair his ship. But soon she realizes that Dane's arrival was far from accidental, and she's pulled into the heart of a war she's risked everything to avoid.
In her enthralling debut, R. C. Lewis weaves the tale of a princess on the run from painful secrets . . . and a poisonous queen. With the galaxy's future-and her own-in jeopardy, Essie must choose who to trust in a fiery fight for survival.
Praise for Stitching Snow
"'Snow White' gets an upgrade in this clever, surprisingly gritty science-fiction version."
-Kirkus Reviews
" A] gripping story with lots of moving parts and will likely appeal to fans of genre fiction."
-Booklist
"This has strong appeal for sci-fi and fantasy lovers and fans of Marissa Meyer's 'Lunar Chronicles.'"
-School Library Journal
"In this interplanetary retelling of Snow White, debut author Lewis reveals a talent for worldbuilding and creating complex, memorable characters. As Essie owns up to her past and takes control of her fate, SF and fairytale fans alike will enjoy watching her beat the odds and find romance in the process."
-Publishers Weekly
"Essie's got the wit and strength to compete with any YA heroine, but it's her conflicted feelings toward her father and her willingness to finally save herself that make her memorable. This will certainly ease the wait for readers anxious for Meyer's next installment."
-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Stitching Snow is a satisfying read for those who appreciate strong female protagonists embedded in plots of intrigue."
-VOYA
About the Author
R. C. Lewis (www.rclewisbooks.com and @RC_Lewis) teaches math to teenagers-sometimes in sign language, sometimes not-so whether she's a science geek or a bookworm depends on when you look. That may explain why her characters don't like to be pigeonholed. Coincidentally, R. C. enjoys reading about quantum physics and the identity issues of photons.