If you love Hans Christian Anderson tales, you may really like this homage. I read a collection a few days prior and saw them everywhere in this book. I initially was hooked by the gender dynamic, and Hazel's voice is strong and lovely. That said, I wanted a more complex ending to the gender dynamic and bullying than this. Anderson did not wrap everything up neatly and resolved. I found it difficult to buy the resolve in this book. And I found the international adoptee stuff to not get enough depth.