Overall, I enjoyed this graphic novel and ended up reading it twice. Just a note that this book does contain very graphic sex scenes and isn’t intended for children. I would normally include a summary in my review, but I don’t want to spoil this story because it’s very short and there isn’t much to it. 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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