Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 YAY! SNOW WHITE! I've been waiting for a good Snow White retelling for ages!! Or...for any Snow White retelling actually. Once Upon A Time brought the tale to my attention (HATE what Disney did with it, maybe they'll fix it with a live action one?) but finding good retellings of it has been something I've not been able to do (any recommendations? Please leave me a comment below!) 
 This was an interesting retelling - it was pretty close to the original, in several ways (barring dwarves) but I won't list them because I'm petrified of giving away plot points! I liked that Lorelai was fighting back, and how she ended up doing that. She was quick and clever and an overall interesting character but I'm not sure how I feel about her, to be honest. I think she could have done with a little more fleshing out. 
 I loved Leo, he was fantastic and I couldn't help but feel for Kol. I'd have loved to have seen more of him, especially at the end. I'd have liked a nice little wrap up for the troubles in his land. And I'd have liked to see his sister again and her reaction to his adventures. 
 Then there was Irina (The Evil Queen) and I just can't stand people like that. The ones that think they're entitled to something, especially when it's something someone else has. The ones that imagine snubs and slights and pull the world down around their ears because they should have whatever-it-is right now! She was well written in her horribleness, we get a lot of back story from her which is good for building our dislike of her. 
 I found this world very fascinating too. We've learnt about two of the kingdoms within it so far and from what I've read this is a world that will feature several standalones. I hope this means that these guys will crop up from time to time and I wonder what other fairytales might be going on in the other kingdoms? I'd have liked some more information on the land and countries therein. We get a pretty good background on the main characters, but a bit more about the world would have made it all sit more comfortably I think. 
 I have to say though, despite all it's fantastic, it was just missing that little something. Maybe the end dragged out too long,maybe there wasn't enough character detail, I'm not sure, but I did end up sitting down and reading it through the second half instead of doing what I'd hoped to be doing... 
 Perhaps aimed at a younger audience, possibly mid teens, depending on the reading level.