PUBLISHED: Disney Hyperion ; 2015.
PAGES/ILL: ~330 pages.
PLOT:
Sixteen-year-old heiress and paparazzi darling Liddi Jantzen hates the spotlight. But as the only daughter in the most powerful tech family in the galaxy, it’s hard to escape it. When she escapes a kidnapping attempt and can't get in contact with her brothers, she's drawn into an inter-planetary conspiracy she could never have imagined. When her brothers' captor implants a device in Liddi’s vocal cords to monitor her speech, their lives are in her hands: One word and her brothers are dead.
Liddi travels to another world, where she meets the one person who might have the skills to help her bring her eight brothers home — a handsome dignitary named Tiav. But without her voice, Liddi must use every bit of her strength and wit to convince Tiav that her mission is true.
REVIEW:
I have to admit that this book drew me in and I read it in an afternoon. It is based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans. I think, though, that it would be better to read Spinning Starlight before The Wild Swans so that you aren't trying to draw comparisons and can take the story for what it is on its own.
This is an enjoyable, compelling story. Young teen girls would especially like it.
The author has written another work in the same vein - retelling the story of Snow White in 'Stitching Snow'. I'll be looking out for it.
AGE: 13+.
GENRE: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Adventure.
RATING: 5 stars.
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