The writing style is lovely and the illustrations by Colleen Doran are very detailed and stunningly beautiful. I personally loved the twist which was refreshing, and the story is extremely dark and creepy. I did not do this thing, and we pay for our mistakes.” And I would not close my eyes until the princess was ash, and a gentle wind could scatter her like snow. I would have archers around the square, who would shoot any bird or animal who came close to the flames, any raven or dog or hawk or rat. And then I would watch, in the town square, as the hangman heated the fire to white-heat with bellows, watch unblinking as he consigned each part of her to the fire. But then I would have her head and arms and legs cut off. “If it were today, I would have her heart cut out, true. In addition, this retelling is told from the not-so-evil queen’s point of view… In Neil Gaiman’s adaptation, Snow White isn’t the little innocent sweetheart we all know, but rather some type of blood-sucking monster. This Snow White retelling is totally reimagined and nothing like the original.
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