When is a children’s book not really for children? When it’s written by Neil Gaiman of course!

The Sleeper and the Spindle is an illustrated tale melding Snow White and Sleeping Beauty into one epic story. The images are gorgeous and at times a bit scary, and the tone/verbiage is quite fairytale-like. There were a couple of twists that I did not see coming but totally loved.

The story lacked some detail and a lot of backstory, but I feel like it worked well that way - it allowed me to fill in some gaps myself and left me with lots of questions. I love when books make you think. The only downside was the length, I wish it wasn’t quite so short!