Sarah Price has written a series of books that take on Grimm's Fairy Tales. Her latest is based on Snow White. Sadie, an Amish retelling of Snow White, follows true to the plot lines of the story.
Sarah's mom passed away a while ago, and three years ago, her father remarried. Rachel was excessively jealous of Sadie's relationship with her father, Sadie's looks, Sadie's youth, you name it, Rachel found a reason not to like it. She found reasons to keep Sadie home from gatherings of the young people in the Amish district, extra chores, and ultimately finds a man for Sarah to marry. This is not the man Sarah would have chosen for herself, but Rachel promised him that she would marry him.
It comes to a head and Sarah runs away deep into the forest behind her father's farm. She fell asleep just inside a stone wall and wakes up inside a stone cabin. The cabin belongs to the to the Grimm brothers and there are seven of them. Sadie works throughout the day to clean the cabin and makes dinner for the men. It is here that Frederick finds Sadie and sees how she's been treated. When her stepmother brings her a chicken pot pie (laced with apple juice), Sadie thinks she is extending an olive branch until her throat closes up and she can't breathe. Rachel knows that Sadie is allergic.
Sarah Price has done an admiral job in making the story fit the fairy tale, even down to the poison apple--just by giving Sadie an anaphylactic allergy. This is an easy book to read and has its enjoyable moments, but it will make the reader angry in places, because the storyline is so believable.
Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and some bread for seven little men.
I appreciate Kensington/Zebra Publishing for supplying the galley I read through NetGalley.com
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