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beesandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
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For the most part, this book was even more enjoyable than the previous one in the series. Of course, with the twist at the end of that one that Cinderella becomes the Evil Queen of Snow White, it was clear that the next book in the series would be a continuation on the theme of evil women raising evil daughters, so I purposefully avoided learning the title of the third book to keep some of the suspense. Nonetheless, by the end of the book I was able to figure out that the next installment would be Rapunzel from the tower clues.
I enjoyed the fact that Snow White's motivations were completely separate from those of Cinderella. I was a little worried when I realized that the evil stepmother motif was going to be repeated that this was going to be similar to the Disney Snow White where she is treated as a servant, not a princess, but I'm glad Cinderella's mistreatment of Snow White never resulted in her being exactly like the previous character. Additionally, by making Hunter Snow White's primary motivations, I was unable to see the twist coming that Snow White would not be the one put under by a sleeping curse. (Although, as soon as the godmother showed up and offered Snow a love apple I knew it had to be a poison apple, why else would she remind her to bite it first when that has never been mentioned before?)
The Dwarfs being instead burly hunters and thieves was an interesting change in pace, though I wish we saw more of them than just Cooper's brief interactions with Snow White. All we really end up knowing about them is that they value family enough to try to kill Snow White when harm comes to Hunter. That twist was a surprise, as well, which leaves me wondering if we'll ever get a resolution to Cinderella's sleeping curse.
Though it was clear that Snow White was never truly motivated to become Queen because her father never took the time to prepare her for those duties, always expecting a son eventually, I do find it a little odd that she so soundly rejected becoming Queen. Obviously, she was forced to flee the Dwarfs at the end so the political upheaval was more accidental than purposeful, but this leaves me wondering about the fate of the kingdom. Will Rapunzel's unnamed sister be raised as a princess and ascend the throne at a young age? Is there a next-in-line contingency plan? And if so, where was that plan when Snow White became de facto queen and seemingly nothing changed in the kingdom outside of the palace decor? When Cinderella was the primary character, I understood not delving too far into the political structure of the kingdom and how the prince could afford to just randomly choose a commoner as his second wife, because Cinderella was only focused on the idea of the title and power. Snow White, though, should at least be a little more aware of how the kingdom functions even if she doesn't care about her people or the wellbeing of the kingdom. This is a minor thing, though, that only took me out of the story when I thought about it, not during the actual reading.
I think the only event in the story that really left me saying "why" and took me out of the world for a moment was when Godnutter gives Snow White breastmilk so she can feed Rapunzel. If the reasoning was that she had to figure out a way to feed the child, I would have easily been satisfied with the same kind of disbelief that is required to determine how Snow White is going to find her own food while isolated in a tower. She's going to have to eat, I'm sure she can find milk while she's also finding food. The tiniest thing, but also the absolute strangest part of this entire fairy tale.
For the most part, this book was even more enjoyable than the previous one in the series. Of course, with the twist at the end of that one that Cinderella becomes the Evil Queen of Snow White, it was clear that the next book in the series would be a continuation on the theme of evil women raising evil daughters, so I purposefully avoided learning the title of the third book to keep some of the suspense. Nonetheless, by the end of the book I was able to figure out that the next installment would be Rapunzel from the tower clues.
I enjoyed the fact that Snow White's motivations were completely separate from those of Cinderella. I was a little worried when I realized that the evil stepmother motif was going to be repeated that this was going to be similar to the Disney Snow White where she is treated as a servant, not a princess, but I'm glad Cinderella's mistreatment of Snow White never resulted in her being exactly like the previous character. Additionally, by making Hunter Snow White's primary motivations, I was unable to see the twist coming that Snow White would not be the one put under by a sleeping curse. (Although, as soon as the godmother showed up and offered Snow a love apple I knew it had to be a poison apple, why else would she remind her to bite it first when that has never been mentioned before?)
The Dwarfs being instead burly hunters and thieves was an interesting change in pace, though I wish we saw more of them than just Cooper's brief interactions with Snow White. All we really end up knowing about them is that they value family enough to try to kill Snow White when harm comes to Hunter. That twist was a surprise, as well, which leaves me wondering if we'll ever get a resolution to Cinderella's sleeping curse.
Though it was clear that Snow White was never truly motivated to become Queen because her father never took the time to prepare her for those duties, always expecting a son eventually, I do find it a little odd that she so soundly rejected becoming Queen. Obviously, she was forced to flee the Dwarfs at the end so the political upheaval was more accidental than purposeful, but this leaves me wondering about the fate of the kingdom. Will Rapunzel's unnamed sister be raised as a princess and ascend the throne at a young age? Is there a next-in-line contingency plan? And if so, where was that plan when Snow White became de facto queen and seemingly nothing changed in the kingdom outside of the palace decor? When Cinderella was the primary character, I understood not delving too far into the political structure of the kingdom and how the prince could afford to just randomly choose a commoner as his second wife, because Cinderella was only focused on the idea of the title and power. Snow White, though, should at least be a little more aware of how the kingdom functions even if she doesn't care about her people or the wellbeing of the kingdom. This is a minor thing, though, that only took me out of the story when I thought about it, not during the actual reading.
I think the only event in the story that really left me saying "why" and took me out of the world for a moment was when Godnutter gives Snow White breastmilk so she can feed Rapunzel. If the reasoning was that she had to figure out a way to feed the child, I would have easily been satisfied with the same kind of disbelief that is required to determine how Snow White is going to find her own food while isolated in a tower. She's going to have to eat, I'm sure she can find milk while she's also finding food. The tiniest thing, but also the absolute strangest part of this entire fairy tale.
shnikki_reads's review against another edition
2.0
Just like Sinful Cinderella, it's interesting but very weird.
valhecka's review against another edition
3.0
These aren't just "what if the Disney princesses were really mean" - the bones of the fairy tales are there, but recontextualized in interesting ways.
This one isn't as flashy as the first, but it's more emotionally satisfying - Snowy's motivations are much more concrete than Cindy's, and her age matches her behavior without a hitch.
This one isn't as flashy as the first, but it's more emotionally satisfying - Snowy's motivations are much more concrete than Cindy's, and her age matches her behavior without a hitch.
shavonbrown's review
2.0
Snow White, the Snow Queen!?!
In this tale we continue with our Dark Fairy Tale. Snow White has grown up. She lost her father and is now being "raised" by the Evil Queen who finds creative ways to try and kill her. She does not succeed, Snow falls in love with Hunter. She decides she needs Hunter to kill her stepmother, steal the babies she is pregnant with and they can run away together and live with the children. He reluctantly agrees. Of course, nothing goes according to plan. Hunter sneaks into the castle but instead of killing Snow he takes her away from the castle and the mirror that has been controlling her. This is where the story gets interesting. Away from the mirror, Cinderella begins to remember who she is and falls in love with Hunter. He with her. Snow still wants Hunter and thanks to our fairy godnutter things go wrong again. Godnutter gives Snow an love apple to tell her to bite first. Cinderella wrestles the apple away from her and takes a bight to discover it was poisoned. Before Hunter can kiss her to break the spell/curse, Snow asks him to destroy the mirror aka Snows Mother, who's essecne is in the mirror. As he does it the mirror kills him. Now once again on the run from Hunters brothers the dwarves, Snow discovers her ice powers. Snow takes one baby while godnutter takes the other. Though this story ends with Snow, and the baby Rapunzel. I am still keeping out hope that Cinderella with get her happy ending. We do find out that the King, Snows father and Cinderella's husband is alive so maybe he still has a part to play. Looking forward to the next installment of this book series.
In this tale we continue with our Dark Fairy Tale. Snow White has grown up. She lost her father and is now being "raised" by the Evil Queen who finds creative ways to try and kill her. She does not succeed, Snow falls in love with Hunter. She decides she needs Hunter to kill her stepmother, steal the babies she is pregnant with and they can run away together and live with the children. He reluctantly agrees. Of course, nothing goes according to plan. Hunter sneaks into the castle but instead of killing Snow he takes her away from the castle and the mirror that has been controlling her. This is where the story gets interesting. Away from the mirror, Cinderella begins to remember who she is and falls in love with Hunter. He with her. Snow still wants Hunter and thanks to our fairy godnutter things go wrong again. Godnutter gives Snow an love apple to tell her to bite first. Cinderella wrestles the apple away from her and takes a bight to discover it was poisoned. Before Hunter can kiss her to break the spell/curse, Snow asks him to destroy the mirror aka Snows Mother, who's essecne is in the mirror. As he does it the mirror kills him. Now once again on the run from Hunters brothers the dwarves, Snow discovers her ice powers. Snow takes one baby while godnutter takes the other. Though this story ends with Snow, and the baby Rapunzel. I am still keeping out hope that Cinderella with get her happy ending. We do find out that the King, Snows father and Cinderella's husband is alive so maybe he still has a part to play. Looking forward to the next installment of this book series.
ladyida1's review
5.0
my GOODNESS, to bad this story is so short.
The author is a great story telling.
Im really enjoying how these book are unfolding.
How the fair tale is being told with a more evil spin.
The author is a great story telling.
Im really enjoying how these book are unfolding.
How the fair tale is being told with a more evil spin.
xsassypants's review
3.0
γAlthough my skin is white as snow, my soul is far from pure.γ
This Cinderella + Snow White + Sleeping Beauty + Frozen retelling wasn't as entertaining as the first book of this series π’
There's something wrong with this one, it seemed to be less cured than Sinful Cinderella. πͺ
I will still read the next book, hoping it will be far better than this one π
(I still don't know if I should rate it with two or three stars, so probably the rating will change in the next few days)
shminsington's review
4.0
I keep enjoying these more than I thought I would, I really like the way everything is tying in from classic fairytales. Very clever and a fun read!
ironkittyrebel's review
2.0
ORIGINAL REVIEW POSTED HERE
AHH! Do you see a girl who is wallowing in the puddle of disappointment? Yeah, that's basically me. After reading the first book in the series and drowned in the sea of darkness and merrily waiting to jump into the next book, I was so heartbroken by how much this book disappointed me. Why would the first book in a series could be such an eye catcher if the next book was not good enough?
As the title says, here we see Snow White's antics and how she was tortured by her stepmother Cinderella. The irony of the situation!
"I donβt need her or anyone else. I know who I am now.
I am the Snow Queen."
I would say it was TWISTED in every possible way. Should I give an example? Here comes: Both Cinderella and Snow White wants Hunter. Lol! What a situation!
Sneaky Snow White contains some aspects from Frozen and the Sleeping Beauty.
Next book is about Rapunzel. Would I read it? Probably yes.
Would I recommend this to anyone? Maybe
Do you need to read SINFUL CINDERELLA ? HELL YEAH!
AHH! Do you see a girl who is wallowing in the puddle of disappointment? Yeah, that's basically me. After reading the first book in the series and drowned in the sea of darkness and merrily waiting to jump into the next book, I was so heartbroken by how much this book disappointed me. Why would the first book in a series could be such an eye catcher if the next book was not good enough?
As the title says, here we see Snow White's antics and how she was tortured by her stepmother Cinderella. The irony of the situation!
"I donβt need her or anyone else. I know who I am now.
I am the Snow Queen."
I would say it was TWISTED in every possible way. Should I give an example? Here comes: Both Cinderella and Snow White wants Hunter. Lol! What a situation!
Sneaky Snow White contains some aspects from Frozen and the Sleeping Beauty.
Next book is about Rapunzel. Would I read it? Probably yes.
Would I recommend this to anyone? Maybe
Do you need to read SINFUL CINDERELLA ? HELL YEAH!