The Snow Child is the perfect winter read. Set in the breathtaking Alaskan wilderness, first-time novelist Eowyn Ivey will enchant readers with her artistic and vivid prose. It was downright effortless to open this story and find myself in a winter wonderland! Jack and Mabel were solid characters and their hardships, including managing a icy homestead and longing for a child, often pricked my emotions. Ivey carefully sprinkles bits of magic into the couple’s journey, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions about the beautiful and mysterious snow child. I utterly loved curling up in front of my fireplace to savor this stunning and splendid fairy tale!
Content Analysis:
Profanity/Language: 27 religious exclamations, 26 mild obscenities, 5 religious profanities
Violence/Gore: A character punches another character; numerous animals are trapped, shot or skinned.
Sex/Nudity: Several incidences of kissing; two non-sexual depictions of nudity where characters take a bath; a sexual reference to improving one’s love life; a few implied or reported incidents of sexual activity; two incidences of sexual activity without explicit detail.
Mature Subject Matter:
Death, considered suicide, serious injury.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
A man is reported to have drunk himself to death; a character uses drink as a pain reliever.
