This was my first venture into Christian fairytale retellings, and I have to say I like it. (Also... I accidentally read this first, thinking it was the first book, but it didn't really matter.)

I thought the love story in general was very sweet. The thing is, though, that it didn't feel special. It felt like any other love story... I don't mind that, but it felt lacking. I also had that feeling about the climax: it was just over too soon. I guess you could say that there had been enough action earlier, but I felt some more happenings were in order there.

The villain being just the slimiest, grossest human alive was rather uncomfortable, but that was obviously the intention.

So, yeah, I liked how the Word of God was incorporated in the story, and I definitely enjoyed reading it - I tried to read it whenever I could because it excited me - but it didn't feel very special or anything.