This book was a little bit hit and miss for me. Firstly, the art was undeniably INCREDIBLE, and probably why I gave it an extra star: it is truly the highlight of this tale. I did really like the characters as well, the snow white-ish queen was the sort of character that a lot of fairy tale retellings have been missing. HOWEVER, there was something off about the storytelling itself for me. I haven't read any of Gaiman's other works (although I certainly will), so I can't comment if this is usual for him, but something just seemed a bit disjointed for me. The premise was great, but I felt in parts the story was either incredibly rushed or too fleshed out which was quite a shame. Probably not one I would go on to buy and keep, but I would happily buy prints of every single page of the artwork.