Oh Lord, I liked this. I liked this a lot. I'm not surprised because .... IT. IS. GAIMAN. (duh) But I am actually a little surprised because I'm not the biggest fan of fairy tales let alone fairy tale retellings. I try to avoid them. But after seeing the beautiful see-through dust jacket and stunning cover art I HAD TO GET THIS and boy, I'm happy that I did. 
 This is a crossover retelling of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. Two fairy tales that I know of but am not too overly fond of. Slowly but surely I'm starting to despise all things "damsel in distress" and so I was a little apprehensive going into this. BUT LET ME TELL YOU ... MY FEARS WERE ILL-FOUNDED. Instead of two damsels we have severall badass female characters who kick ass, are clever and sassy and independant and who fuck shit up! It was very refreshing and I'd rather read Gaiman's tale to my kids than the original two (my imaginary kids, that is...)! 
 So the premise of this book reminded me a little bit of Gaiman's Sandman (a body of work that seems to overshadow all of his works but well THE SANDMAN IS JUST THAT BRILLIANT, READ IT!) because there is a sleeping sickness in the lands. And it's spreading fast. Sleeping Beauty is locked into her tower and no hero managed to get past the roses and give her a good peck on the mouth. When Snow White hears of this, she fears for her people (and *coughs* also sees an excellent opportunity to delay her shitty wedding to some shitty king) and sets out to free Sleeping Beauty. 
 This is a tale about bravery and doing the right thing. About being strong and finding what makes you happy. To take your own freedom and just to be a badass lady! 
 Chris Riddell's illustrations are STUNNING and accompany this tale beautifully. 
 Watch my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htqD...