Jessica's mother dies when she is born and her father, the duke of a small Welsh estate, wants nothing to do with her. Instead he searches for a new duchess and a chance to start over as his daughter is raised by the kitchen staff and runs wild. When her father remarries, Jessica must abandon her friends and learn how to be a 'proper lady,' but even that ends when her stepmother decides to punish her by locking her away as a servant. One of her stepmother's servants has become her friend and he helps her to escape to London. Going by the name 'Snow,' she ends up living with a band of outcasts but soon discovers that if she wants to keep her new life, she'll have to fight for it.
I really enjoyed this retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (although, there are only 5 'dwarfs' in this story). The story is definitely different from other versions I've read with a blend of both magic and 'science', of a sort. This book is a fairly quick read, but not too 'fluffy' and the characters are all rather interesting but also believable. I would definitely recommend this book to fantasy readers, particularly fans of retellings.
- If this book sounds interesting, consider these: The Elemental Masters series, Cecelia and Kate, Dark Lord of Derkholm, or East
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