Fairest of All Review

Rating: 4/5

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.

But what caused the Queen to become so, well, wicked ? Perhaps the Queen hated her stepdaughter for her resemblance to the King’s first wife. Perhaps she resented the girl for her beauty. Could the Queen simply have been born that cruel? Or does it have to do with a mysterious mirror, gifted to her upon her wedding and swirling with dark magic?

And who is the man in the mirror? Is he the reason for the Queen’s downfall?

This tragic tale of love and loss is the untold story of the Wicked Queen, a woman who just wanted to be the fairest of all…

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This is a story I’ve already read, but I was curious to see how this would be told, being adapted into a graphic novel! 

This is the Villains series I’ve posted about before, the Disney retellings of the villains' stories. They take the villains we know and love and places them all into the same universe with interconnected stories. And Fairest of All, is the first one of the series and really sets the tone for the rest of the books! Since reading others, it’s not my favorite of them all, but definitely one of my favorites!

And I genuinely loved it just as much! It’s been a while since I’ve read the original story, but as I went through this, it all came back to me. This was fun to read and definitely one I will pick up again!

I would recommend reading the full story first, which is itself not a long book either. But if you read this first, you lose some of the important details. But even knowing the story already, I found this to be incredibly enjoyable! I loved seeing the scenes come to life! And the artwork is absolutely beautiful!

I hope they continue to adapt the rest of this series into graphic novels!