![]() They both had such distinct personalities and they truly were a delight to read.Īlso, the illustrations are absolutely beautiful - they truly lifted this book to a new level!Īll in all, I liked that this book! Quite a gorgeous retelling of a classic tale. I feel like so many kids in stories become too precocious or too old for their ages but Snow and Rose, both not even teenagers, felt realistic. The author did a great job of giving this story an old-timey fairy-tale vibe. The secondary characters aren't super fleshed out and the magic had that inexplicable quality to it.Īnd yet, this worked really well. Much like many old stories, we go from event to event with things "just happening" at each place. I'm a huge fan of fairytale retellings in general, and this one was no exception. You ask the reader.' I absolutely adored this story. 'To find out what a story's really about,' the Librarian said, 'you don't ask the writer. ![]() The only way is the scary way.And so Snow and Rose head out into the woods - determined to save their family, no matter what. ![]() And without their nobleman father, their gorgeous home soon was taken.Īnd their mother quickly faded from grief. ![]() He went into the woods and never came back. Snow and Rose didn't know that they were living in a fairy tale-people never do.Snow and Rose once had the perfect family - a beautifully grand house, a loving mother and an adoring father.īut then one day, their father disappeared. ![]()
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