Spinning Silver was such a delightful fairytale reimagining. While I’d expect nothing less from our fanfic Queen Naomi Novik, it was so fun to see her flex her character work. With six POV characters, three of them being our leading ladies, it could’ve been very easy for the POVs to get muddy and too same-y. Novik did such an amazing job of creating unique voices for each character to where it was immediately evident whose POV we were in every time it switched. 
The world was so magical and fantastical while still being very well fleshed out. Our three main characters were all drastically different, and all learned to embrace their strengths to work together against the two antagonists - Chernobog and the Staryk King. Despite being based on already existing fairytales, nothing felt derivative or cheap. The story was unique and enchanting, many of the characters were very sweet (particularly Wanda and Steppon), and there were some incredibly beautiful moments. 

My only gripe was the romance: there was none.

Two of our main characters end up married to some of the “villains”, and neither of the romances felt earned or realistic. They either could have been left out entirely, or needed more