I received an ARC of this from Netgalley, and it was one of my most anticipated reads. It did not disappoint. A beautiful story that starts out shiny and glittering like a glass ornament but reveals a depth and viscerality that made it all the more real and all the more captivating. Pollard is reminiscent of Forsyth here (thinking specifically of Bitter Greens), another great contemporary fairy tale author but she makes the story her own completely.