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yodamom's review
“The first 10% has been torture. This was supposed to be a twisted dark fairy tale of Snow White with zombies. Sounds great right ? The lines are so silly, like the author was trying to keep it kid-like disney + with made up words that sound like cuss words but aren't even words. It felt like a Dumb and Dumber trying to talk over the kids while stuck in dwarf bodies. Snow White ? She never did anything but bite and chew, no lines, no emotions, nothing. [Whinning] I wanted a good fun nightmare ! My heart is broken.
100pagesaday's review
4.0
Snow White bites the apple offered by the old woman and she is placed into a deep slumber until Prince Mikael wakes her with true love's kiss- but this is all of the normal fairy tale that you will find in That Risen Snow. Snow White wakes up, but she isn't acting right and immediately takes a bite out of Prince Mikael. As Snow White spreads her disease, the dwarves try to fight back only to be taken down themselves. The dwarves believe that a cure can be found to save their beloved Snow in a nearby town, but trying to survive the Horrors to get to the town proves harder than they thought. Along with the Prince's soldiers, the remaining dwarves make it to town only to find that Snow's curse is bigger than they thought.
I loved the idea of Snow White mixed with zombie; bringing parts of the well known fairy-tale together with nightmarish horror. My favorite parts were some of the flashbacks to Snow White's past; we learn she wasn't the perfect little Princess in this version of the story. The dwarves history is also very interesting. I liked learning about how they came to be and how they earned their names; these dwarves are far from perfect also. The narration begins with Grumpy the dwarf, he probably has the strongest voice and character. However, the point of view skips around through all of the other dwarves, the Prince, the soldiers and the Queen. All this jumping around provided a few too many voices, I think it would have been more effective sticking to one point of view. The twist at the end was a surprise to me, I'm glad that the story will continue and it seems like we will get to learn more of the Queen.
This book was provided for free in return for an honest review.
I loved the idea of Snow White mixed with zombie; bringing parts of the well known fairy-tale together with nightmarish horror. My favorite parts were some of the flashbacks to Snow White's past; we learn she wasn't the perfect little Princess in this version of the story. The dwarves history is also very interesting. I liked learning about how they came to be and how they earned their names; these dwarves are far from perfect also. The narration begins with Grumpy the dwarf, he probably has the strongest voice and character. However, the point of view skips around through all of the other dwarves, the Prince, the soldiers and the Queen. All this jumping around provided a few too many voices, I think it would have been more effective sticking to one point of view. The twist at the end was a surprise to me, I'm glad that the story will continue and it seems like we will get to learn more of the Queen.
This book was provided for free in return for an honest review.
sjj169's review
2.0
Yes, I'm crying. This book started out so very good. The story was being told from Grouchy's (Grumpy's) point of view and he was frigging hilarious. Then the points of view started changing and the story lost it's way.
Snow is awakened by the prince's kiss-then she bites the shiznit out of him. The plague spreads and the Horrors start chasing the remaining dwarves and prince's men. And it just gets stupid.
I received an arc copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
hlawona99's review
4.0
Zombie Snow White
Snow White is kissed by her prince but doesn't fully wake up. She wakes up undead and has poisoned he beloved prince. Now it's up to the dwarfs and the princes soldiers to break the curse. But can they all survive?
Snow White is kissed by her prince but doesn't fully wake up. She wakes up undead and has poisoned he beloved prince. Now it's up to the dwarfs and the princes soldiers to break the curse. But can they all survive?
evanbondauthor's review
3.0
Interesting concept and interesting characters, but I felt like it could have been improved upon. A lot of the chapters ended with "cliffhangers" which turned out to be misdirection, which is fine, except it felt over used. Overall, the book was entertaining.
jerefi's review
1.0
Do I love the concept for this? HECK YES! I read quite a bit of zombie fiction and I love fun spins on fairy tales. I mean in the beginning the Prince kisses Snow White to wake her and she wakes a zombie?! Pretty awesome right?! However, this premise should have been a one book scenario. Apparently, they are dragging this out into more than one book. Not necessary. Lots of filler material. I was so bummed. It could have been amazing.
danylle's review
3.0
It’s a great twist to the classic fairytale story. Way to think outside the box with this one! However the changing from character point of view makes the story lose something in the pages. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it if it like twist on the story everyone knows.