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Author: Salla Simukka
Series: Snow White Trilogy Book #1
Series: Snow White Trilogy Book #1
Genre: Thriller, Young Adult
Length: 256 pages
Published: original: 2013; version I read: 2014
Publisher: Skyscape
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school’s dark room and finds a stash of wet, crimson-colored money. Thousands of Euros left to dry—splattered with someone’s blood.
Lumikki lives alone in a studio apartment far from her parents and the past she left behind. She transferred into a prestigious art school, and she’s singularly focused on studying and graduating. Lumikki ignores the cliques, the gossip, and the parties held by the school’s most popular and beautiful boys and girls.
But finding the blood-stained money changes everything. Suddenly, Lumikki is swept into a whirlpool of events as she finds herself helping to trace the origins of the money. Events turn even more deadly when evidence points to dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin best known for the brutality with which he runs his business.
As Lumikki loses control of her carefully constructed world, she discovers that she’s been blind to the forces swirling around her—and she’s running out of time to set them right. When she sees the stark red of blood on snow, it may be too late to save her friends or herself.
My Review:
Lumikki lives alone in a studio apartment far from her parents and the past she left behind. She transferred into a prestigious art school, and she’s singularly focused on studying and graduating. Lumikki ignores the cliques, the gossip, and the parties held by the school’s most popular and beautiful boys and girls.
But finding the blood-stained money changes everything. Suddenly, Lumikki is swept into a whirlpool of events as she finds herself helping to trace the origins of the money. Events turn even more deadly when evidence points to dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin best known for the brutality with which he runs his business.
As Lumikki loses control of her carefully constructed world, she discovers that she’s been blind to the forces swirling around her—and she’s running out of time to set them right. When she sees the stark red of blood on snow, it may be too late to save her friends or herself.
My Review:
I give this book a 5 out of 5.
This is the English translation of the Finnish original. Lumikki is a loner, and slowly throughout the book, during short flashbacks, you learn why she has shut herself off from everyone around her, including her parents. After finding $30,000 in cash hanging in the school's darkroom, and noticing that it had been washed because it was bloody, Lumikki finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding the money. At first it was against her will, and later, as she herself is targeted, she finds herself wanting to unravel the mystery.
This book was an incredibly fast read. Everyone involved got what they deserved, in my opinion, and the book ended with the storyline completely wrapped up. I'll definitely be watching for the English translation of the second book in this trilogy.
You can purchase As Red as Blood through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
This is the English translation of the Finnish original. Lumikki is a loner, and slowly throughout the book, during short flashbacks, you learn why she has shut herself off from everyone around her, including her parents. After finding $30,000 in cash hanging in the school's darkroom, and noticing that it had been washed because it was bloody, Lumikki finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding the money. At first it was against her will, and later, as she herself is targeted, she finds herself wanting to unravel the mystery.
This book was an incredibly fast read. Everyone involved got what they deserved, in my opinion, and the book ended with the storyline completely wrapped up. I'll definitely be watching for the English translation of the second book in this trilogy.
You can purchase As Red as Blood through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read As Red as Blood? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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