Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem: A Fairytale Recommendation

By Chauntel Jacobs

This week we recommend reading a book about classic fairy tale do-overs! These type of books are modern retellings of the classic fairy tale adventures, and recreate the stories into new themes and adventures. Today’s fairy tale remake is Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem by Melissa Lemon.

Plot Review:

Told from the perspective of the man trapped in the evil queen’s mirror — you know the one: “mirror mirror on the wall” — into a young king’s determination to save his newborn daughter, Kat, from her wicked mother. The tiny princess goes into hiding, only to be raised under a false identity with no knowledge of her birthright. As it would turn out, many of those whom she would meet aren’t who they claim to be. When Kat takes her turn to meet the man in the mirror, she won’t even recognize herself.

Here’s a little more from the book’s blurb description:

Stuck in her family’s apple orchards, Kat’s got plenty of work to do and only pesky Jeremy to help. But when Jeremy convinces her to run away, Kat will discover that nothing — -and no one — -in her life is quite what it seems. Wonderfully reimagined, this is the magical tale of Snow White as you’ve never read it before!

I recommend Snow Whyte because this is one of those books that pique your inner child. There is danger, magic, and romance, all told in a new way you haven’t heard before. Check out your copy of Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem here!

For other Fairytale remakes, check out these suggestions!

Gold Spun by Brandie June

If Nor can’t spin gold, she can always spin lies. When seventeen-year -ld Nor rescues a captured faerie in the woods he gifts her with a magical golden thread she can use to summon him for a favor. Instead, or uses it for a con-to convince villagers to buy straw that can be transformed into gold Her trick works a little too well,, attracting the suspecious of Prince Casper, who hates nobody more than a liar. Intent on unishing Nor, he demands that she sping a room of straw into gold and as her reward, he will marry her. Should she refuse or fail, the consequences will be dire.

The Diamond Secret by Suzanne Weyn

Nadya is a mischieveous kitchen girl in a Russian tavern. Having nearly drowned in the Iset River during the turmoil of the Revolution, she has no memory of her past and longs for the life she cannot remember. Then two young men arrive at the tavern and announce that Nadya’s long-lost grandmother has sent them to find her. Yearning for family and friendship, she agrees to accompany them to Paris for the joyful reunion. Nadya eagerly embarks on her journey, never dreaming it will be one of laughter, love… and betrayal.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when hr life bcomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must unconver secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.