lestaslettering's review
2.0
Too predictable?! Fan fiction!? Trying too hard!? Ok i take the second comment back because there are some amazing fanfictions out there to which this book absolutely cannot compare. Oh the Elyon's prince is hiding a big dark secret & i was kinda excited about that. You should know there aren't much to be excited about this book, so this was a BIG DEAL!! But no, his deep dark secret felt like a mesly joke compared to what it was made out to be. Phew, and Via was Octavia? No big deal. I didn't even care.
You might wonder about my first comment. Ofcourse its predictable, its a retelling after all. But before you facepalm over my stupidity let me tell you this. There were two book series & a standalone farytale retelling which made me fall in love with this genre and they were nothing like anything i have seen before. Yeah you guessed them right, The Lunar Chronicles and Cruel Beauty Universe. The standalone was Entwined by Heather Dixon, in case you were wondering.
And last i recall, Winter by Marissa Meyer was a retelling of Snow White so perfect and elegant & there was nothing you could predict about the story nor point out mistakes. So i'm not scorning for the sake of it. So, yeah.
You might wonder about my first comment. Ofcourse its predictable, its a retelling after all. But before you facepalm over my stupidity let me tell you this. There were two book series & a standalone farytale retelling which made me fall in love with this genre and they were nothing like anything i have seen before. Yeah you guessed them right, The Lunar Chronicles and Cruel Beauty Universe. The standalone was Entwined by Heather Dixon, in case you were wondering.
And last i recall, Winter by Marissa Meyer was a retelling of Snow White so perfect and elegant & there was nothing you could predict about the story nor point out mistakes. So i'm not scorning for the sake of it. So, yeah.
shelovestoread81's review
4.0
I thought this was a good twist on the Snow White fairy tale. I liked that the people either had power or they didn't. I think that it was a great twist with Via at the end. I liked how fast of a read it was and how smoothly it went. I would recommend this to anyone who likes YA.
pacey1927's review
4.0
I have long been a fan of reimagined fairy tales. I love seeing what authors come up with to put a new spin on long time favorite fairy tales. "A White So Red" is a new version of Snow White. Natalia and her younger sister Rose live with their "wicked" stepmother Queen Octavia after their father's death. This Queen is hard core evil. In fact, the whole book is very dark and bleak in mood. However I found the story compulsively readable. I didn't honestly know whether things were going to work out. In fact, the dwarves scared the jeebes out of me when the were introduced. These are a far cry from Disney's little good natured fellows. Still the parts of the story pertaining to the dwarves are some of the most exciting in the book. I also was crazy about Prince Casper and he stole every single scene he was in. The ending is exciting and well planned out. The author is quite talented and I hope she writes more stories like this. My only complaint is that some of the magical aspects of the story were odd and fast paced and I almost wanted a better description of what was unraveling. I am however very happy to have read this one. And the cover is just gorgeous. I will be looking for future releases from this author.
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