Blog Tour Review - Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

Publisher: Random House for Young Readers

Published: October 10, 2017

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy

Source:Print ARC

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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Blurb:
A New York Times bestselling author-illustrator brings readers into the woods to meet two young sisters and a strange bit of magic in this reimagining of the classic but little-known fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red."

Snow and Rose didn't know they were in a fairy tale. People never do....
Once, they lived in a big house with spectacular gardens and an army of servants.
Once, they had a father and mother who loved them more than the sun and moon.
But that was before their father disappeared into the woods and their mother disappeared into sorrow.
This is the story of two sisters and the enchanted woods that have been waiting for them to break a set of terrible spells.

Bestselling author-illustrator Emily Winfield Martin has created a world that sits on the border of enchantment, with characters who are grounded in real emotions that readers will recognize in themselves.

Review-

When I first saw this book, I couldn’t stop staring at the gorgeous cover. I knew right then and there, I had to have it. What’s even better? The inside where the story is beautifully told and we get breathtaking illustrations. So much beauty I couldn’t even take it. 

Snow and Rose are sisters that after having been through a tragedy, move to a cabin in the woods with their Mother. The story is a fun-filled adventure that takes a reader on a journey so enchanting, that you don’t want the book to end. I’m unfamiliar with the original tale, so I cannot give you my opinions on the matter. From what I’ve read though, the book has the wonderful essence that fairy tales tend to take. 

When you read the first page, you already know you’re going to like the book. It’s so whimsical and sweet! Snow and Rose are characters after my own heart. They both were so different yet complimented each other in a way that made you love them so much. I can’t end a review without naming their cat, Earl Grey. Isn’t that just the cutest name for a cat? I think so! 

All I have to say is ‘I WANT MORE’. I want more stories like these. Ones that I can read and feel as if I’ve been grown into another world completely. That’s what reading is all about. 

*Thank you to the publisher for providing a copy for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  

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About the Author:
Emily Winfield Martin makes paintings, books, and other things. She is the author and illustrator of Day Dreamers (forthcoming, 2014), Dream Animals (2013), Oddfellow's Orphanage (2012) and The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer (2010). When she was small, she spent every moment drawing, reading, dressing rabbits in fancy clothes, and having many peculiar daydreams. When she grew up, she began to illustrate those peculiar daydreams, and after college, she created a cottage industry called The Black Apple, which sells all manner of art and etceteras.

She works in a tiny nook of a studio filled with old children's books, wind-up toys, and stacks of fabric. Her work is inspired by fairy tales, music, myths, carnivals, children's books from the late 19th through mid 20th century, her favorite films, and autobiography.

She likes bears and sea monsters and seashell pink poppies. She lives and works among the giant fir trees of Portland, OR.

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