I love Naomi Novik, y'all. I loved Uprooted and somehow I loved Spinning Silver even more. Her fairy-tale-ish fantasy books are just so readable and enjoyable and fun. Spinning Silver is a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, kind of. But, it has three strong women for the main characters. Our main main character is Miryem. She's a moneylender's daughter, but her dad isn't very good at collecting his dues. She gets fed up and takes it upon herself to help the family business, and it turns out that she is quite good at it. She gets a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold, so much so that the "evil" Stayrk king takes notice and whisks Miryem off to do the same for him. Other characters include Irina, the daughter of a duke with some Staryk blood who ends up married to an evil tsar controlled by a fire demon, and Wanda, a poor girl from town who's alcoholic father sells her off to be Miryem's assistant. The storylines eventually converge and the whole book is magical. 

This book has many tropes, like Uprooted, but they somehow work for me. As usual, Novik does a great job with building an atmosphere including a fairy tale town, evil woods, and a frozen kingdom. Something about Novik's writing is just so fun for me to read. This book is a true escape and I loved it the whole time. If you like fantasy, and especially if you were a fan of Uprooted, I'd highly recommend this book.