The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Over Memorial Day weekend, I finished The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Set in Alaska during the 1920's, this book follows an elderly couple struggling with keeping their marriage afloat after being unable to have children. As they try to get through the harsh Alaskan winter, they spontaneously build a girl out of snow. The next morning, she's gone, and a few days later, a girl wearing the same scarf and mittens Mabel put on the snow child emerges from the woods. As Mabel and Jack grow attached to the girl named Faina, they find themselves mending their relationship without realizing. But they start question if she's too good to be true. Are they imagining it all, or have their wishes been granted in the least expected way?

I fell in love with this book the second I started reading it. The first chapter is Mabel considering suicide, and coming close to committing it. Even though that is a very serious topic, it instantly hooks the reader with Ivey's incredible poetic writing style. I have never been a huge fan of books written in third-person. When it comes to third-person, you either pull it off beautifully or you flop. This book was definitely not a flop. There was no other way to write this book. What I also found interesting was Ivey never put quotes around Faina's words, nor Mabel or Jack or whomever's response.

This book is one of the best books I've read for school as well as one of my personal favorites. Five out of five stars!!!