Valentino constructs an emotionally complex story that investigates the queen’s origins as the daughter of a cruel mirror maker. The tale of the young princess, Snow White, and her evil stepmother, the Wicked Queen, is widely known-the Queen was jealous of the girl's beauty, and this jealousy culminated in the Queen's attempt on the sweet, naive girl's life. The tale of the young princess, Snow White, and her evil stepmother, the Wicked Queen, is widely known—the Queen was jealous of the girl's beauty, and this jealousy culminated in the Queen's attempt on the sweet, naive girl's life.

I was really excited for this graphic novel because I had loved the book so much, but I ended up disliking it more than I thought. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Disney Villains Fairest of All recounts a version of the story that many over the ages have viewed as plausible.While I'm not sure if it's supposed to be "cannon," I do find it fascinating that Valentino has given the Stepmother a backstory and a reason for being as cruel as she was.

This novel is brillant and tells the story on the side of the stepmother - destroyed emotional at a young age and aged in a tortured way.Because you are seeing someone who had good intentions from the start to be a mother and queen and who was happy in life and ends up falling into a deep dark spiral in life with ultimately their death. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . Also, Verona was always in green as was the background of rooms and at times it was not clear what was a wall and what was her arms.

While it connected all the key elements of Snow White together with their own significance (the apple, the mirror, vanity, the spells) it still felt slightly disjointed and even farfetched. The queen’s and Snow White’s likenesses to Disney characters are evident; most characters read White. Maybe the novel this is based off of does a better job of explaining the huge shift in the Queen's behavior, from saccharinely devoted stepmother to obsessed with her own beauty to the point of murder. Or does it have to do with a mysterious mirror, gifted to her upon her wedding and swirling with dark magic?They appear throughout the story, continually weaving their evil magic into the queen’s life and encouraging her to do horrible deeds.