Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem
by Melissa Lemon
Published December 11th 2012
by Cedar Fort, Inc.
ARC from Netgalley
Thoughts:
I love fairy tale retellings, I really do. But I struggled to finish this book and had to stop a few times before being able to truly appreciate it. Maybe it's a case of a Snow White overdose what with TWO movies about Snow White coming out this year and the fact that both of them failed to impress me.
What makes this book so unique and interesting is that it was told from the point of view of the mysterious sorcerer who was trapped in the enchanted mirror belonging to the evil Queen of Mayhem (who is also the mother of our KatiyanaWhyte). And the redeeming quality of the story is of course the loveable and funny seven dwarves with their own personalities. I am just so glad that the author feature the dwarves so prominently in this book compared to other books or even movies which relegated them to the sidelines and focussed so much on the romance between Snow White and her Prince Charming.However, Prince Iden is certainly not a Prince Charming in the real sense and he had hidden agendas of his own in pursuing Kat.
There's not one but two big twists in the end and I'm just so glad that Kat end up with the right guy. But after all, this is a fairy tale and one does expect a happy ending.
Verdict: 3 stars.
In my Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
Summary from Goodreads:
Stuck in her family's apple orchards, Kat's got plenty of work to do and only pesky Jeremy to help. But when Jeremy convinces her to run away, Kat will discover that nothing---and no one---in her life is quite what it seems. Wonderfully reimagined, this is the magical tale of Snow White as you've never read it before!
Thoughts:
I love fairy tale retellings, I really do. But I struggled to finish this book and had to stop a few times before being able to truly appreciate it. Maybe it's a case of a Snow White overdose what with TWO movies about Snow White coming out this year and the fact that both of them failed to impress me.
What makes this book so unique and interesting is that it was told from the point of view of the mysterious sorcerer who was trapped in the enchanted mirror belonging to the evil Queen of Mayhem (who is also the mother of our KatiyanaWhyte). And the redeeming quality of the story is of course the loveable and funny seven dwarves with their own personalities. I am just so glad that the author feature the dwarves so prominently in this book compared to other books or even movies which relegated them to the sidelines and focussed so much on the romance between Snow White and her Prince Charming.However, Prince Iden is certainly not a Prince Charming in the real sense and he had hidden agendas of his own in pursuing Kat.
There's not one but two big twists in the end and I'm just so glad that Kat end up with the right guy. But after all, this is a fairy tale and one does expect a happy ending.
Verdict: 3 stars.
In my Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
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