Kayleigh
For my first T. Kingfisher book, I have to say this maybe wasn't the best choice to pick up.
Hemlock & Silver is a retelling on the tale of Snow White. It is a cozy fantasy, so if you're expecting to have a typical romantasy setting this is not it.
I wanted to love the story, I had heard so many good things about the author and their writing. I love retellings of fairytales, especially ones that make their own twists.
But the story just didn't draw me in the way I wanted it to. It was interesting enough to keep me reading it, but at some point the story just didn't have much in the way of substance. The romance felt wrong, and way too hurried. It didnt make much sense.
For me personally, the storyline felt lacking. I really enjoyed the idea that the FMC was a healer more interested in poisons & antidotes than actual healing. But I feel like the constant reiterating that she was a plus size person was overdone.
I liked Snow being a child that was supposedly being poisoned and no one thinking it could be that. The king approaching Healer Anja on his own without any recommendations was unexpected. Initially, I expected that she would end up with the King.
I like the idea of the mirror world, and the food being the poison that was slowly killing Snow. I liked how it was set up that the mirror world was grey except where a mirror reflected the real world. I wish the author had explored that more. It could easily have been a duology and would have maybe given the book a denser story.
Overall, it wasn't the worst book I had read this year. I would still give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️. I had high hopes for the book, and was oy ever so slightly let down.
For my first T. Kingfisher book, I have to say this maybe wasn't the best choice to pick up.
Hemlock & Silver is a retelling on the tale of Snow White. It is a cozy fantasy, so if you're expecting to have a typical romantasy setting this is not it.
I wanted to love the story, I had heard so many good things about the author and their writing. I love retellings of fairytales, especially ones that make their own twists.
But the story just didn't draw me in the way I wanted it to. It was interesting enough to keep me reading it, but at some point the story just didn't have much in the way of substance. The romance felt wrong, and way too hurried. It didnt make much sense.
For me personally, the storyline felt lacking. I really enjoyed the idea that the FMC was a healer more interested in poisons & antidotes than actual healing. But I feel like the constant reiterating that she was a plus size person was overdone.
I liked Snow being a child that was supposedly being poisoned and no one thinking it could be that. The king approaching Healer Anja on his own without any recommendations was unexpected. Initially, I expected that she would end up with the King.
I like the idea of the mirror world, and the food being the poison that was slowly killing Snow. I liked how it was set up that the mirror world was grey except where a mirror reflected the real world. I wish the author had explored that more. It could easily have been a duology and would have maybe given the book a denser story.
Overall, it wasn't the worst book I had read this year. I would still give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️. I had high hopes for the book, and was oy ever so slightly let down.