A unique retelling of the classic fairytale, SNOW WHITE by the internationally bestselling author of WICKED The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm - and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia - decadent children of a wicked pope - no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care - so to speak - of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well...A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, MIRROR MIRROR gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White - and has a truth and beauty all its own.
I love Gregory Maguire, adored Wicked and Son of a Witch. I love the Borgias, reading and learning about them. That being said, I assumed the two combined in a book would be fantastic. I stand completely corrected. This book was for lack of a better term, terrible. There was no real flow to it, it didn't keep my attention (something I feel is REALLY important in a book),and overall not well written. It was actually really difficult for me to finish this book. I kept on reading hoping that it would get better, but after I got halfway through, I knew it was going to and simply felt obligated to finish the book. Not going to lie, kind of a waste of my time. It saddens me, because I loved Wicked, it's one of my favorite books, but Mirror Mirror was a serious let down. All in all, Mirror Mirror was a tedious and boring read.
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