Reread: Still loved this fun fairytale fantasy. Can't wait to start The Wicked Remain ❤️

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Thank you so much to Sourcebooks Fire and Edelweiss+ for providing an e-arc copy of this. All thoughts and opinions are still my own.

This book took me on a journey! It's a dark, queer, and uniquely twisted take on the classic fairytale characters we all know and love. And I'm really excited to see where this series goes from here!

This is one of those books you can't help but fly through. It's a multi-perspective story (told from our 4 main character's POVs) with short chapters and a never-slowing plot. I'm always a little nervous with multi-POV stories that I will prefer certain chapters over others, but that wasn't the case at all wit this one. Each of the characters brought something unique to the story and I was equally engaged in each of their threads.

This book definitely went way darker than I had anticipated - and I really loved that! Laura Pohl didn't pull any punches in this reimagining of the darker side of fairytales. It was gruesome and twisted and I loved it for that.

This book also explored grief and being a teen in way a that was difficult to read at times but also refreshingly accurate. The characters make frustrating and rash decisions out of emotion rather than logic. And while it was frustrating to read at times, it felt so realistic to what it's like at 17 or while navigating loss.

And of course this book was wonderfully queer. The rep definitely won't fit everyone - I'm ace but Yuki and I definitely have vastly different experiences - but it was so wonderful to see the labels on page.

Overall I just had a really great time with this read. It was so consumable (I read the whole thing in 2 days because I couldn't put it down!) and had me engaged and engrossed from cover to cover. I can't wait to see where the series goes from here and what Laura Pohl has in store for these characters next.