Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

T Kingfisher, I love you. This was an amazing and unexpected Snow White retelling. The beginning was a bit slow, but in the true Kingfisher fashion, the pace picks up dramatically after a quarter of the way through. Anja is such a compelling main character. I love that she was a grown woman (35) and was so immersed in her poisons work that she wasn’t focused on societal pressures or social expectations. Even being a Snow White retelling, the twist was innovative, and the atmosphere was sufficiently creepy. I like the way that the plot progressed. I liked the romantic subplot because it was very subtle yet came to a satisfying conclusion. The story overall came to a satisfying conclusion, however, I do wish that the science from the first half and the magic of the second half had been brought together more. T Kingfisher, I have placed you on my automatic buy list.