Mistmir: land of eternal snow, surrounded by impenetrable barriers of mist. Here, day after day, hour after hour, the young Princess Karina digs in the snow. She sees no one except her father’s mechanical hounds; she finds nothing, yet, lonely and guilt-ridden, she continues her endless task. Life for the princess seems unchanging until, one day, a girl named Ela steps through the mist barrier having entered the kingdom from the world that lies beyond. Ela realises that the girl before her mysteriously scooping snow is none other than the Snow Princess pictured on the cover of the book which was once her favourite and which her mother read to her every night. Now though the book is forbidden, latched shut, locked and hidden. The princess, in her turn, realises that Ela may be the answer to her kingdom’s troubles. Can the curse upon Mistmir finally be lifted? With echoes of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen, this is a tale of two young women from different worlds. It is also a tale of secrets. Told from two interchangeable points of view, Snow is a middle-grade fantasy story suitable for readers aged 7+. As the story unfolds, it keeps the reader guessing. I found the snow-covered setting particularly evocative.
Suzanne Chinnock
Snow by Meera Trehan
Walker Books Ltd
ISBN 9781529528787
£14.99
Published 2025
