"She requires no mirror to tell her what she always knew."

Fairytale re-tellings are a wondrous thing. 'Poisoned' is a Snow White re-telling with delightfully twisted elements and unique characters that bring more life to an already well-loved story.

Occasionally slow-paced with rather choppy chapters, this novel follows Sophie (alt. Snow White) and her quite oddball group of friends as she attempts to win her heart back from The King of Crows. It's a nice change from the standard "Prince saves Princess" kind of fairytale, but this felt a little rushed at times, and then in others it really felt far too long.

“Love is a soft thing. It smells like woodsmoke and sounds like rain. It tastes like sugared apples. It costs nothing to give yet is more precious than a sea of diamonds.”

Sophie is often annoying which deters from the plot-though she does seem to grow into herself by the end of the novel-and I never truly felt any endearment towards the romance, but it is still quite the enjoyable read. It adds sprinkles of a dark fantasy novel to a classic children's fairytale.