Synopsis:
The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm — and the world comes to Montefiore.

In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia — decadent children of a wicked pope — no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care — so to speak — of Lucrezia.

She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well …

A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White — and has a truth and beauty all its own.

Review:
When I picked this book up, I recall being very unwilling to set it down. Oh my gosh did I absolutely 100% detest, abhor, dislike Lucrezia!! Poor Bianca suffers the fate of most young girls who are in a secluded area without anyone her own age around; she is terribly innocent. There were some really interesting magical bits that I thought entwined well with the original story. Whenever there was anything about Lucrezia I almost didn’t want to keep reading. One of my favourite parts of the novel was the ending, and how it deviated from the usual story and kept all of our favourite characters together.

After reading this book I wasn’t sure what else I could possibly fall into, so I had to grab another Maguire book I’d been holding on to for a snowy day–Hiddensee.

Star rating: ✯✯✯✯