The Winter King

The Winter King by Christine Cohen

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Quite good.

There aren’t many youth books that tackle the topic of oppressive pagan gods, and girls who hate them. Cohen does a laudable job making this compelling, though it drags in the middle a bit. She does better depicting the problems of surviving through the winter, and of vulnerable people exploited by men in positions of power, than the problem of worshiping a false god. I think it’s tricky to convey a sense of false worship being normal for people who have known it all their lives, and at the same time convey the jarring awfulness of it. Plot suffered a bit in the attempt.

Until the end. The last hundred pages or so, the pace picks up and it’s a page turner. It ends showing the great importance of reformation and witness. The book shows the awful consequences of a false worldview, and of wicked men in high places.

A great read for your 10-15 year old.



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