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- Content warnings: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Parental abuse, Domestic violence, Suicidal ideation, Self-harm, Violence, Death, Death of a parent, Death of a child, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Gore, PTSD, War
Girls Made of Snow and Glass
by Melissa Bashardoust
A sharp Snow White rework for readers who want complicated mothers, daughters, magic-made bodies, and a quiet sapphic thread under all the ice and glass.
goodreads 3.76/5 14,225 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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Is this story right for you?
A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length384 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice0/5 · Longing glances
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Friends to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- None
- Longing glances
- Earned hope
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- Healer / medic
- Growth-focused
- Only one who understands them
- Beautiful grief
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Fairytale retelling
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Castle / fortress
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- Golems / animated constructs
- Arctic regions
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dreamy
- Lyrical
- Moderate
- Royalty
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- Sapphic
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Queer
- Magical
- Character-driven
- Reluctant hero
- Empowering
- Introspective
- Deceptively deadly
- Hopeful
- Haunting
- Frozen wasteland
- Morally complex
- Redemption
- Snow Queen retelling
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book