Already into diving into the first sentences: "This is a dark tale. A grim tale," this is no ordinary book. What kind of book acknowledges other fairy tales and admits that their time has ended? And why does the book describe what the world is today?
"But the wolves are still here and twice as clever. The beasts
remain. And death still hides in a dusting of white.
It’s grim for any girl who loses her way.
Grimmer still for a girl who loses herself.
Know that it’s dangerous to stray from the path.
But it’s far more dangerous not to."
Donnelly gives sage advice to the girls of today through the form of a book to anyone willing to dig deep into the book, looking beneath the surface of its physical pages. And through the eyes of the Step Sister, Isabelle, readers are able to journey and walk the normal shoes of the 'ugly' step sister, and realise that we're not all that different, yet we all walk different journeys
"But the wolves are still here and twice as clever. The beasts
remain. And death still hides in a dusting of white.
It’s grim for any girl who loses her way.
Grimmer still for a girl who loses herself.
Know that it’s dangerous to stray from the path.
But it’s far more dangerous not to."
Donnelly gives sage advice to the girls of today through the form of a book to anyone willing to dig deep into the book, looking beneath the surface of its physical pages. And through the eyes of the Step Sister, Isabelle, readers are able to journey and walk the normal shoes of the 'ugly' step sister, and realise that we're not all that different, yet we all walk different journeys