I haven’t given 5 stars to a book since “Killers of the Flower Moon” back in March, and this book is well-deserving of the 5 star review. Naomi Novik is such a talented writer, and reading this book felt like a breath of fresh air, especially when so many novels are predictable to a fault these days.

“Spinning Silver” is full of fantastically written characters, familiar elements reimagined, and beautiful prose, all spun together into a fairytale. It’s supposedly a loose retelling of Rumpelstilskin, but if you didn’t know that, you wouldn’t connect this story to that one. There are multiple character perspectives, the change designated by a spinning wheel between each section. Once you read a little bit, it was easy to figure out who they were (Miryem, Wanda, Irina, Stepon, Magreta, and Mirnatius), and I credit Naomi Novik for the distinct voice she gave each person. There are no one-dimensional characters here (unlike many YA fantasy novels today); each one felt so real to me, and like “Uprooted”, I didn’t want the story to end, but it concluded in the best way possible. There is so much to this book, and it’s worthy of a reread one day. Truly magical and worth waiting for!