Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
 Who's the fairest of them all? 
 We first meet Levana after her parents have been brutally murdered by a shell preparing for their funeral along with her sister Channary. 
 Evret, the man of Levanas dreams, is married and soon to have a child with a woman by the name of Solstice. Lavana bites her tongue about wanting everything this woman has for herself in fear of word getting back to him about how truly ugly she is inside. 
 (view spoiler)[Solstice died while giving birth to Evret Hayle's daughter sadly. Levana takes advantage of her death to play and toy with Evrets mind manipulating him every chance she gets thinking eventually he'll love her. She's turned herself into looking like the dead Solstice and is forcing herself into Evrets mind daily. (hide spoiler)]Levana even as a teenager (16) was sadistic and manipulative to everyone. Her sister is as well (so obviously it ran in the family) but she did it in a way where she pretended to be perfect and not acknowledge she was cruel. (view spoiler)[Winter is the daughter of Evret Hayle and now also Levanas since she forced Evret to marry her. While Levana tries and tries to get pregnant her sister Quen Channary gives birth to princess Selene (aka Cinder!). Where you learn how and why she planned the death of her niece. Only then to plan the murder/assasination of her husband as well. (hide spoiler)] We learn how far Levana truly was willing to go to become queen. 
 I feel like this book had SO MUCH INFORMATION. I typically skip over novellas but I promise you this one is worth reading (obvious to all my hidden spoilers).