Overall, I quite enjoyed this book! I liked how Gothel was at first just misunderstood but that led to her becoming the Mother Gothel we know from the original stories. She was just a woman who cared about her sisters too much and did anything she could to save them; it just so happened that all her choices ended negatively.

I'm a big fan of the reference in this book to the classic Gilles de Rais/Bluebeard tale with the reference to The Bloody Chamber. The chapter names in this book were outstanding!