Item: Poisoned
Rating: 5.00
Author: tweetybugshouse

by Jennifer Donnelly

Beautiful Sophie, with lips as red as blood, skin as pale as snow, and hair as dark as night, is about to come of age and inherit her father's throne. But Sophie's stepmother wants rid of her - beautiful she may be, but too weak and foolish to reign. And Sophie believes her, as she believes all the things that have been said about her - all the poisonous words people use to keep girls like her from becoming too powerful, too strong.

When the huntsman carries out his orders of killing Sophie, she finds a fire burning inside her that will not be extinguished, and sets off to reclaim what was taken from her.

Jennifer Donnelly turns her feminist eye to this most delicious of fairy tales and shows Snow White as she's never been seen before.

This is a fabulous dark retelling of Cinderella that focuses on how much you let those around you control how you see yourself. In this dark retelling their an aspect of steampunk introduced as well as the aspect that what others say about you does not have to be who you are. If you believe your strong and can rule a kingdom then you only need to reach out and take a hold of that dream. Donnelly does a great job of compelling you to keep reading to find out just where this tale is going. It truly was an enjoyable read.

Poisoned

by Jennifer Donnelly

Reviewed by tweetybugshouse on Oct 25, 2020

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