Honestly, even as a fan of Gaiman's gifted mind, I didn't expect to like this book. It is the melding of two classical tales - Sleeping Beauty and Snow White - and yet an original and, albeit, rather spell-binding take; it swept me away, turing the last page and thinking, 'what a wonderful thing it would be for children to have more stories like these.' Even having predicted a part of the 'big twist' at the end, the perfect combination of Chris Riddell's art and Gaiman's storytelling abilities gave me all I needed to further my desire to read everything he's ever written.