ONCE UPON A TIME, the North Wind said to the Polar Bear King, ‘Steal me a daughter, and when she grows, she will be your bride.’'įour-year-old Cassie clutched her quilt and stared at her grandmother. Fantastic idea, but the execution failed. I wouldn't recommend this to kids, nor to my older friends. There were little moments in the story that I liked and thought cute, but nothing to redeem the book as a whole. There needed to be a foundation built so the reader could connect with Cassie and actually care about what happened to her. A chapter into the story and she's already met the Polar Bear King. There was also no way to connect to Cassie because the book moved SO fast. The plot was so incredibly pointless that I was almost bored. I only finished it for a read-a-thon I was participating in. I found such a strong resemblance to Twilight's romance in this, that I nearly chucked the book out the window. However, she falls in love and then gets knocked up.

Cassie, the main character, falls agrees to wed the Polar Bear King in order to save her mother and planned on living her life normally from then on after. I was really excited for this story because it was so unique, which probably made my disappointment even more bitter. We later learn this daughter is of some importance in the story and that fairy tale is no fairy tale at all - it's factual events. The North Wind promised the Polar Bear King that if he did this, his daughter would be his wife when she was old enough. The prologue was the telling of the fairytale about the Polar Bear King finding a daughter for the North Wind. It started out sounding really interesting. I was SO happy to read this book, and I don't believe I heard anything bad about it. I had this on my most-wanted list/wishlist on Goodreads for the longest time and I was actually gifted it this last Christmas.

Chasing Power by Sarah Beth Durst