Review: Feathers of Snow
I received Feathers of Snow by Alice Ivinya in a book promotion some time ago and recently got around to reading it. After reading her ARC of The Golden Prince I knew that Alice Ivinya was an expert at fantasy worldbuilding. This book is a retelling of "The Goose Girl" that puts a unique spin on it by switching the role of the oppressed protagonist from the princess who was forced to work as a goose girl to the lady-in-waiting who was forced to be a princess against her will. Though the princess role swap is an overused trope, it is less common for a girl to be forced into the role of a princess unwillingly. That said, the plot of this book is nearly identical to Camille Peters' Identity only with less focus on romance, making it less of an emotional journey. Brianna is a lady-in-waiting to the spoiled and selfish Princess Elyanna who loves to manipulate people and get her own way. When a political marriage alliance is proposed for Elyanna to Prince Jian...