I'm excited to be taking part in this blog tour. I've been loving the story of Snow White lately and these amazing stories are all a unique twist of the tale.
You can find the rest of the tour here
To start this off, we have 'Red as Snow' one of Kendra E Ardnek's two spins on the tale. She also put this whole affair together, which is quite a feat in itself. She's been working incredibly hard to pull all this off and I'm amazed at what she's accomplished.
Onto her story!
Red as Snow
Rose is not yet seventeen and is the widow of the king. Her stepdaughter, who is nine years her elder, must marry or else forfeit the throne to her power-hungry cousin. Snow never was a great beauty, and having a beautiful stepmother just complicates things. Can they join together to overcome the adversity surrounding them - or will betrayal and old wounds tear them apart?
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I was immediately taken with this story. Rose is in quite a predicament with the King dead and her older stepdaughter set to take the throne. It's as awkward for her as it sounds, but she handles the whole situation far better than I would. I think this is one of the first stories I've read, where the supposed Evil Queen is the heroine and you actually feel a lot of sympathy for her. It's a fun take, I found myself laughing quite a bit, courtesy of Noland, one of Rose's seven brothers. It reminded me a bit of Ella Enchanted in a way, it has that fun, quirky feel to it. All of the characters are interesting and extremely entertaining. Even Charmel has his moments. He makes for a rather off putting, Prince Charming which plays well to Rose's accidental evil Queen role.
All in all, a fun and unconventional read. I highly recommend!
Kendra E. Ardnek loves fairytales and twisting them in new and exciting ways. She's been or acting them on her dozen plus cousins and siblings for years. "Finish your story, Kendra," is frequently heard at family gatherings. Her sole life goal has always been to grow up and be an author of fantasy and children's tales that glorify God and His Word. Find her online at: Website || Blog || Goodreads || Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Newsletter || Instagram || Amazon
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First of all, my sincere apologies. My phone hasn't let me comment on anything in weeks. It's acting like I'm signed out, but won't let me sign in. Stupid think. Suffice to say, I've been anonymously reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteSecond of all, this sounds so good! I love the idea of having the queen be younger than Snow!
Aw! No worries. Hope you figure it out, that would be really annoying.
DeleteI appreciate it, you've been since the beginning. Which is crazy to think about.
It is, it's really cute. I liked that too!
Oh my goodness, I NEED this! Kendra is the absolute master at coming up with spectacular ways of flipping fairytales on their heads. This is pure brilliance! I must get my hands on it!
ReplyDeleteYou do! She is, I love what she does with fairy tales.
DeleteI agree! :D
AHHHH I hope I can read this soon! It looks so good! I read Ella Enchanted a couple of years ago and... *cough* don't banish me off your blog but I really disliked it. I hope I'll like this one though! :D
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If you have a Kindle it's only a dollar. It is good. No worries, everyone has different tastes. It's not the kind of book everyone will like. You might! :D
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