So basically I was supposed to fulfill some kind of major destiny in a month. And I had no idea this place even existed until now. 
 (+deg#deg)+( +-+ REALLY? REALLY?! 
 I love retellings. I even loved Dorothy Must Die, despite the scandal surrounding the publishing of that book. It had spirit. It was fun. The setting of the book was recognizable, but there was creativity in the way the book built the mythology around the original. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for this book. This was simply a dull, plodding book. 
 To be fair, I entered the book with a misconception. I expected Snow White. This book was more of a retelling of 
 The Snow Queen 
 with elements of Snow White - she calls her medications the "dwarves." One of the only bright things about the book was that throughout the book, I was imagining one of my favorite k-pop idols - also named Kai - as the love interest. 
 Can you blame me? HNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG 
 The book had many faults. Unfortunately, life is short, and I shall limit myself to listing three. Never mind. Four. 
 1. The casual and one-dimensional interpretation of mental illness. Snow is crazy. She bites people. That's it, she bites people. The people in the asylum are generic crazy people acting out. There is no depth to them, there is no true portrayal of any type of mental illness besides acting generally insane and taking lots and lots of pills and dealing with orderlies. 
 2. THE LOVE TRIANGLE. Holy fuck, why?! Snow is IN WURVE with this one boy, Bale, in the mental institution. She gets pulled into this other world and all of a sudden she's kissing this HAWT, MYSTERIOUS STRANGER NAMED KAI. To be fair, I would have kissed the aforementioned Kai if he looked like that gif above. Again, HNNNNNNNNNNNNG. 
 3. ZEE CHOSEN ONE. AGAIN, WHY?! OF ALL THINGS. Haven't we had enough of these stupid chicks with prophesied powers that all of a sudden emerge for no fucking reason other than they were the product of a special sperm and a special egg? 
 There was a prophecy spoken on your birth to the three most powerful witches in the land. Remember, you are the daughter of magic on both sides of your lineage. You have magic within you. Powerful magic, probably the strongest that Algid has ever seen. 
 4. What world building? I honestly am not sure where I was in the book, what the point is, and why I should care? There was no world building, there was random slapdash elements of a generic, and I do not use that word lightly, fantasy world. Magical stuff and magical people without an iota of explanation or personality for me to give a fuck. 
 This book was such a 180 from the author's previous one that it's nearly incomprehensible.