This book is honest, dark and thrilling. I love how Rosamund creates characters that are not painted all black or all white but have been drawn in a beautiful and real blend of greys. She makes no perfect characters and her wicked characters have redeeming qualities. 
 This creepy tale is wonderfully told with a well-defined world and has a delightful element of humour. It is unlike any other fairy tale retellings, the author really made this story her own. And best of all, no insta-love. 
 "Every day for the last three years, she had thought she deserved to die. She still didn't want to. She wanted to live with every filthy desperate scrap of her heart"