Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen (Villains Series #1) by Serena Valentino
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Web ID: 16223765A magical adventure....
A backstory of The Queen and Snow White. This is a wonderful read of how Snow White and The Queen meet and become family. It gives the reader a Once Upon a Time vibes with this retelling of Snow White. Fans of young adult and fantasy would enjoy this short read. This is a must read for all young adult and fantasy readers alike.
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So good
Loved it read it in one night couldn't put it down
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Couldn't put it down
I loved the back story of the evil queen. It made you have such a love for her and at the end you tend to understand why her name is what it is.
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The Saddest Story of Them All!
This book is super sad honestly but it really does make me understand why the Evil Queen treated Snow White so badly & made me understand why she tried to kill her. Insecurities, Parental Death, Being a Single Parent, Death of a Significant Other (Husband), & Mental Illness (Anxiety & Depression) all mixed in one without help from anyone around you really can hurt someone. You also learn a really fun fact about the magic mirror from the Snow White movie which will really blow your mind! The story really made me feel for both Snow White & the Evil Queen. This series really makes you feel for both the Disney villains & the antagonists!
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My fav
By far is my favorite book from the whole series
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Good Story
We all know the tale of Snow White, some of us have it memorized. Growing up, this was one of my favorite Disney stories but I always wondered why the Queen was so vile and hateful. This woman gave stepmothers the world over a bad name and I honestly was very happy when she went over the cliff at the end. This interesting story gives us a whole new perspective and different spin on the how and the why the Queen becomes evil and wicked. The Queen garnered a lot of sympathy from me. She wasn’t always evil and wicked and Snow White wasn’t her ultimate target. Instead, the reader is given a front row seat into the life of the woman before she became the Queen, her love for Snow White. Yes, you heard me correctly. She absolutely adored Snow White. Her love for the King. She was, in a nutshell, one of the most liked and even respected members of the Court. She grew up in a horrible situation, her mother dying in childbirth and her father hating her all her life. She meets the King and falls in love with him and upon marrying him claims Snow White as her daughter. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and the Queen never regains her spirit, resolve or peace of mind that she once had. Her childhood fears and self-loathing returns and she becomes obsessed by an enchanted mirror and being the fairest one of all. She will do anything to achieve that goal. Knowing how it all would end did not diminish my enjoyment of the story and getting there. The Queen struggles with her obsession and the rage and hatred that consumes her and though her love for Snow is absolute, the evil wins out in the end. I can’t help but wonder, though, if in the end, she chose to take the path that led to her ultimate demise in order to save Snow from further attempts that she would most likely make. I went with the audiobook option and the performance of Lucy Rayner kept me engaged. This is the first book in the series and I have the next two and am hopeful they will be just as enjoyable. My Final Verdict: Overall, I found this story interesting and recommend it to fans of the classic fairy tales. Though I still love the original story and the Queen is a character we have all loved to hate, I have a little more empathy for this tragic character.
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Get ready for the start of a great series
This book gave such an interesting insight into the possible backstory of the Wicked Queen and still connected the famous Disney story of Snow White. This was a great start to the villains series. I cannot wait to read more of them!
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Beautiful perspective
I have always been obsessed with finding out what made the Evil Queen mad. This book brought that obsession to a reality and it was exactly how I would’ve imagined her going mad. Completely used and mistreated her whole life as a child and then after the death of her love. On my way to read Evil Thing.
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