This was a highly enjoyable read, a retelling of "Snow White" with hints of "Beauty and the Beast" and even a few nods toward "Hansel and Gretel," but with three-dimensional, believable characters rather than stock fairy-tale archetypes. Redwine even works to make the villain believable and understandable (she's still an awful person, but you see why *she* thinks she needs to do what she's doing). 
 I've been meaning to read C.J. Redwine's books for awhile and took the release of a new one as an opportunity to jump on it. I'll definitely have to pick up more of her stuff now.