Sun and Moon Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George Review
When I compiled a list of what East of the Sun and West of the Moon retellings, I would want to read or reread my mind went straight to two books. East by Edith Pattou and Sun and Moon Ice and Snow by Jessica Day Goerge. Both books are childhood favorites and I decided to see if I still enjoyed them as an adult. I decided to listen to them on audiobook and was pleased to see that I still enjoyed both them almost as much as I did when I was younger. Between the two Sun and Moon Ice and Snow was a closer adaptation to the original story but still took some liberties to make it more original. The book introduces its reader to a land of endless snow and ice. In this frozen winter land, there lives a woodcutter Jarl, his selfish wife Frida and there many children. Frida is so disappointed when her youngest child is another girl that she refuses to give her a name. Known simply as the Lass the young girl grows up to be a kindhearted but overly curious young women. She loves all her s...