It took me a while…but I’m finally on Bloglovin. Try to keep your comments spoiler free though! His writing was so beautiful! Let me know your Neil Gaiman recommendations! I’d also love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read this book. This was my very first Neil Gaiman book but I definitely need to pick up more titles by him. It had an epic plot and some very likeable main characters. I know a lot of people were disappointed that it wasn’t a proper LGBT book but I’m thoroughly satisfied with everything we got.

There’s really no romance at all in the book. I wouldn’t really consider this to be an LGBT retelling. She decides instead to go off and be a warrior and a hero, highlighting that women aren’t weak and we don’t need a prince or a man to save us. Together, Stewart and Riddell have formed an award-winning partnership and. We have Snow White (except she’s only known as ‘The Queen’ in the book) who is about to be married to her prince but thinks it’s the beginning of the end of her life. Chris Riddell is a renowned political cartoonist and illustrator of childrens books. I love how The Sleeper and the Spindle challenges the gender stereotypes that we have. It’s also a lot prettier in person because the picture of Sleeping Beauty is printed on the naked hardcover and the jacket is made of vellum so that the illustration shows through. I thought the illustrations really brought the story to life and added a lot to the creepy and dark atmosphere of it. I’d highly recommend this to anyone who can read and I think children in particular would really love this book. It was a wonderful retelling of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, with a brilliant twist. This was a delightful and enchanting story, accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Twisting together the familiar and the new, this perfectly delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents. This queen will decide her own future – and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.

She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment.

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