This book was such a great read! I really enjoyed it and flew through it in one afternoon. The characters were unique and relatable which is something I really enjoy in a book. The author did an amazing job and I can't wait to read more.

This book was INCREDIBLE!! I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings, but a sapphic, feminist fairytale retelling... even better than what i was expecting.

4.5 stars

The Bone Spindle was a fun book to read. I loved the initial pacing and character interactions, especially when Fi and Shane were digging into treasure and exploring. Also, I enjoyed how the world slowly unfurled like a flower throughout the rest of the book, particularly with characters because Vedder doesn't just sucker punch her readers with tons of POVs and new characters. It was great.
My really big complaint was that the novel started to slow significantly after the middle point for me. The nice pacing that was in the initial half seemed to disappear, and I'll admit that I wasn't the biggest fan of Fi getting cursed in the second half. The initial plot of the book made me think we'd be getting/ exploring Briar Rose and helping his kingdom for basically all of the book, but it felt like we got so many tiny plots clogging up that final journey. It was definitely a journey over the destination type of book, but I don't like how it was executed here. I just wasn't a fan, sadly.

I haven't finished reading but I was immediately hooked by the lead characters and how action-packed the book is right from the beginning. I'm also really enjoying that it's a very different take than I've ever seen before on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. The gender reversal is an interesting touch. I'm looking forward to seeing how the characters develop and how the "mystery" will be resolved.

5/5 stars, this was such a good retelling I’m so in love with all of it omg

This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year so I was so honored to receive a review copy and I can still hardly believe it! Even before I got the arc I knew I had to jump on the train of a sleeping beauty retelling, mixed with Indiana Jones, and with a sapphic main character. Every bit of this book was what I was hoping it to be and I am so in love, everyone should pick this up!

Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles who doesn't believe in destiny. Shane is a tough-as-dirt warrior-girl from the north who loves her battle-ax, girls, and doing things her own way. Cursed princes and tales of old magic mean nothing but ancient history to Fi until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle while exploring a ruin. Now she's attached to Briar Rose's spirit until she can break the century-old curse on his kingdom. Dark magic, witch hunters, and pieces of her past all stand in her and Shane's way, not to mention the mysterious stranger trying to help them.

The setting of this story revolves around a kingdom that has been abandoned after the prince was put to sleep, and the surrounding kingdoms have been affected by this. There are lots of treasure hunters, including our main characters, who roam around the old ruins and try to find magic items to sell. There are also witch hunters, people bent on believing all witches are bad because one bad apple ruined it for all of them. I really felt like the atmosphere was built to be a fairytale, and that's what drew me in so much to this world, I could practically feel the magic flowing through the air.

The plot of this book was really fun, it had the feeling of an adventure fantasy but set across a smaller destination. They went through a couple of kingdoms but mostly kept to their area, which was fine I enjoyed seeing the girls thriving in their comfortable places. There were some plot twists that I was not expecting and some that I did. I wasn't upset though as the twist was built up really nicely either way and helped to further the story. There were also flashbacks from both of the main girls, when the reader needed context on something or why they were feeling the way they did for something, these were presented. I really enjoyed the flashbacks as well, they were useful to help understand Fi and Shane, but it never felt like an info dump.

Filore or "Fi" was the main character, even if there were switching POVs with her and Shane. She just took up more space in my opinion and more things revolved around her. I wasn't complaining as I really liked her, she was sweet and adventurous and book-smart too. She was like Belle but in a different fairytale. Her desire to save Briar but also her fear of growing closer to him was represented very well in this book, and I don't feel like anything was forced. It's obvious Fi has been through a lot in her past as well, and the things that keep catching up with her are really sad. She's a great character though and I really cannot wait to see her grow in the second book.

Shane was super fun, she reminded me a lot of Luisa from Encanto, not just because they are both strong but because of the pressure, they have to live under. Shane has a past that is slowly revealed to us through the flashbacks, but one that obviously still has a lot of effect on her daily life. All of the responsibility and pressure that was put on her then pushes her to take on usually more than she can handle in the present time. I enjoyed her loyalty to Fi though, as they gradually became friends instead of just partners. I really enjoyed her humor as well, it made me laugh a couple of times.

Prince Briar was probably my favorite, he was really cute and brought some comic relief to the story, besides what Shane already brought. It was easy to root for him gaining his kingdom back because of the sadness he really displayed at losing everyone closest to him. I lend out loads of sympathy for him because I could never imagine. I cannot wait to see what kind of person he becomes in the sequel.

The romances in this book were quite opposites, one was more of attraction-but-slow-burn-sort of lovers and the other was attraction-not quite lovers-enemies if that makes sense. I won't spoil you and tell you which is which but it was kind of cute the connection Fi and Brair had, he was usually really respectful towards her too. It was also great to see a casual sapphic main character in Shane, in her past there were complications with it but in the present, no one really cared and it was great to see. No matter how headstrong Shane can be in the story as well she is a sweetie.

Overall, this was a fantastic book and I am so excited to continue this retelling mashup, every second of it was so exciting! The writing was easy to follow and had some great worldbuilding and some really great plot twists. I recommend trying this out if you want to get into retellings but don't know exactly where to start!

[TW: injuries, death of a friend, blood (light), animal injury (light)]

I’m interested to see where this series goes. Our two main characters are treasure hunters tasked with finding and waking a sleeping prince...for a reward, of course.

The prince can travel through dreams and appear to Li—our resident nerd—who he’s convinced is his true love and will wake him with her kiss. I guess you’ll have to read it to find out...

Spoilers—

I do wish they didn’t make one of the two sapphic characters a villain. I’m sure they’ll get their redemption arc but it does play into the idea some people have that queerness is equivalent to a moral failing or that being queer makes you a lesser or evil person.

This book was a fun romp through a sleeping beauty retelling mashed up with Indiana Jones! It wasn't perfect but it was a good time.

I’m always up for a good fairy tale retelling, especially a gender-flipped story or one that completely reimagines the world in which the fairy tale takes place. So, I couldn’t resist reading THE BONE SPINDLE once I knew it had all those elements. I also loved SORCERY OF THORNS, so, that’s even more points in favor.

Now that I’ve read it, I can honestly say that if I had a time machine, I’d end up being one of those people who seriously annoy my husband on Reddit, the people who would choose to use great power for oddball things. Because I’d definitely use my time machine to go forward into the future to read the sequel to THE BONE SPINDLE right now, if I had one. (And then after that, you know, saving humanity, world peace, all that stuff.)

I loved the characters in this book. Fi is smart, savvy, adorable and so bookish. I thought for sure she’d have to be my favorite, and then Shane had me with her fierce determination to protect the people she loves, and to do what’s right no matter how hard it is. And then Red with her quick wits and ability to slip in and out of trouble. And Briar with his charm and innocence and humor. They were all my favorites.

One of the fresh elements in this retelling that I couldn’t get enough of is that it takes a character (the sleeping princess, here a prince) who is traditionally a passive character, and turns them into an active supporting character in the story. We mostly follow Fi, who has been chosen to wake the prince, and Shane, her treasure-hunting, warrior partner, but Briar, the prince, visits Fi along the journey using his abilities as a light witch.

Through those visits, they become friends and feel the pull of love, but he also intervenes sometimes in battles (though the girls hold their own plenty of times). I loved that it showed a relationship developing between Fi and Briar and made him a living character in the story rather than a prince waiting to wake up.

I feel like sometimes the first book in a series like this will drop off a cliff at the end, and leave you feeling like you read a whole book only to get cheated out of a real ending– BUT– this book does not do that. I felt like it both had a very satisfying ending and also a great setup for the next book in the series.

Honestly, I can’t think of anything about this book that I didn’t like. It’s a completely fresh take on the fairytale, but it has all the elements that I love about the original story. For me, this one was a total win. I absolutely recommend it to fantasy lovers and readers who love reimagined fairy tales.

Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions my own.

The Bone Spindle is a young adult fantasy retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story, but with gender swapped main characters. Briar Rose (the Sleeping Beauty of the story) is a prince, and Filore, a treasure hunter, is the one destined to rescue him from his one hundred year sleep. Now, a fairytale retelling is enough to get me in the door, but gender swapped and with a comparison to Sorcery of Thorns in the description? I am 100% all in.

The main storyline in The Bone Spindle follows Fi and her companion Shane as they traverse across the countryside trying to get to the castle to rescue Briar after Fi’s finger gets pricked by the bone spindle on a treasure hunting job (marking her as the one to save him).

One thing I loved was the magic and mythology of the world. Obviously some aspects of the story are fairly pre-determined if you’re reading a retelling of a classic fairy tale, but I thought that the way the threads of the Sleeping Beauty story were woven into the world of The Bone Spindle was creatively done.

I adored the two main characters. Fi, having grown up with two parents who were also treasure hunters, loves the old stories and treasure hunting, not for the actual value of any treasure, like gold or gems, but for the knowledge she can gain. Shane is more the fight first, ask questions later type of girl, and so the two of them work well as a team, though it takes them a bit of time to get used to each other as partners. Their relationship goes from standoffish partnering out of necessity to one of real friendship as the book progresses. Briar is also pretty great, though the reader doesn’t get to know him as well as the girls. Each chapter follows a different character, and it seemed like Briar had the fewest chapters, as he was introduced later in the story and not really the focus. But he’s charming and I liked seeing his relationship with Fi grow as well. Plus their banter was spectacular!

My main issue with The Bone Spindle was fairly significant to me as a reader. There are a lot of flashbacks which I felt broke up the flow of the main plotline. When I was about a third of the way through, I noted that every time I got distracted and set the book down was at the start of a flashback scene. These scenes took me out of the main story, and especially in the beginning of the book, they didn’t always give every piece of the past story — for some of the more crucial past events, more details were revealed with each flashback — so they felt inconsequential and distracting.

I also had some small complaints about the ending, which wasn’t completely satisfying, (though not to the level of cliff-hanger unsatisfying) but I realize that it is a set-up for a sequel. Additionally, there’s a plot twist at the end which I felt like I saw coming a mile away, and normally I am completely incapable of guessing plot twists, so do with that what you will.

I don’t think that my issues with the book are necessarily deal breakers for all readers. If you’re intrigued by a gender-swapped Sleeping Beauty story, then you’ll likely enjoy The Bone Spindle regardless of some clunky sections.

I absolutely loved this book, I really liked the chemistry between the two characters. Love how it gives you something to root for.

A sleeping beauty retelling! I had high hopes for this book, and it definitely met my expectations!
Fi and Shade begrudgingly join forces on a quick treasure hunting mission that leads to Fi being tangled up in a century-old folk lore curse, and Shade is dragged along with her.
Briar Rose has been stuck in an enchanted sleep, and Fi is his only chance at waking up.

I was very curious how this would play out, because all I knew was genderbent, sapphic, and sleeping beauty. I made the assumption that Fi and Shade would be romantically involved, but that’s not the case. Each girl has their own love interest, Fi’s is Briar, and Shade’s is a girl that you’ll have to read the book to meet.
So one of two pairings is wlw.
Neither couple had any chemistry. I didn’t care if they got together. There were no moments where I was dying for a kiss, and the kisses that were there didn’t make me feel anything. I didn’t think they were bad together, but I just didn’t <i>feel</i> anything.
Which is fine, the plot and the story and the characters themselves more than made up for it, there was just so much emphasis on romance in the book that it was disappointing that I couldn’t get into that aspect of the story.

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever read a Sleeping Beauty retelling before, but I really enjoyed this one. I was curious how it might work since when 1/2 of the main people involved in this curse is asleep—like how is Fi supposed to get motivated to save some guy she’s never met who’s been asleep for 100 years and she can’t interact with? But because of the curse, Briar can appear to Fi and interact with him, and even touch him at times. Honestly the magic of that didn’t exactly make sense in regards to the rules of the magic system we’re told in the book, but oh well.
Despite my inability to feel engaged in Briar and Fi’s romance, I was fully engaged in cheering her on to save him. I adored every character, and aside from romance, I really connected to them. I wanted the mission to succeed and I was fully drawn in to the plot.

Don’t go into this book expecting much in the romance department, but definitely read it for the strong female leads and friendship, an amazing plot, interesting magic systems, and an enticing plot.

This was a fun, adventure-filled story and I really enjoyed it! I just wanted more layers to the magic, the world and the characters. I had a good time reading the book but I kept wishing for just a bit more. I really liked the Indiana Jones-vibes with our main characters going to ruins to seek objects and/or knowledge while dodging traps. Overall a light-hearted, quick read.

BOOK REPORT for The Bone Spindle (The Bone Spindle #1) by Leslie Vedder

Cover Story: Slayer Vibes
BFF Charms: Heck Yes x2
Talky Talk: Adventure!
Bonus Factor: Gender Bent “Retelling”
Factor: Series Starter
Anti-Bonus Factor: Shitty Ex
Relationship Status: Researching Wedding Rituals

Content Warning: The Bone Spindle features a character who’s suffering from the after-effects of emotional (and physical, in a sense, due to a magical curse) abuse from an ex.

Cover Story: Slayer Vibes
It might be the axe (it’s probably the axe), but something about this cover screams Buffy the Vampire Slayer to me. Both of the women on this cover look so fierce and capable and those are very important Slayer characteristics. (Yes, there are also Indiana Jones vibes, but I’ll get into that more in a bit.)

The Deal:
The daughter of historians with a specific interest in the history of witches, Lady Filore “Fi” Nenroa has spent much of her life trudging through ruins and researching the lives of long-dead individuals.

The first-born daughter of a warrior king who never wanted to follow in his footsteps, Shane left her home to give her twin brother a chance to lead and has spent the time since treasure hunting and hiring her skills with the battle axe out to those who are in need of security.

When Shane finds an ancient map written in a magical language she can’t read, she reaches out to Fi to see if a partnership is in order; Shane hopes to keep the riches while Fi takes anything of historical value. Neither one of them expects to find themselves major players in breaking a hundred-year-old curse involving a sleeping prince named Briar Rose, however.

BFF Charms: Heck Yes x2
Fi honestly has a dream life: she’s been going on adventures since she was a baby and is, essentially, a young Indiana Jones-type: out for the knowledge, but totally willing to get her hands dirty when the situation calls for it. There are specific elements of her life that keep me from going full Single White Female on her, but if she’s take me along with her sometimes I’d give her a BFF charm in a heartbeat.

Shane, too, is equally cool. The fact that she—a not giant woman—struts around with a literal battle axe that she’s quite skilled with strapped to her back is such a Mood, to use that turn of phrase somewhat incorrectly. She’d also get my BFF charm pretty much immediately, although I’m less sure about whether she’d take it than I would be with Fi.

It might take a bit of effort on my part to work my way into these young women’s hearts, but having them as friends would make all the effort worthwhile. I mean, the adventures we’d have!

Swoonworthy Scale: 7
Although I went into this book thinking there would be something between Shane and Fi, I’m kind of glad that both of them find other people to swoon after as the book progresses. Not because I don’t enjoy a “we’ve been thrust into a life-altering, death-defying situation and there are feelings involved” relationship—because those are DELIGHTFUL—but I liked that their relationship turned into something more akin to found family than a lovers one.

The love interests themselves take a bit more time to get on board with, specifically because neither seem worthy of Fi or Shane at first. (And one of them is 100% untrustworthy, regardless of how pretty she might be.)

Talky Talk: Adventure!
It’s an inherent trope of fantasy fiction that there are adventures to be had, specifically when dealing with magic and curses. So although The Bone Spindle might not stray far from a format, Vedder never strays into formulaic territory. Her writing is punchy and fresh, and her characters—as you might have picked up from my gushing over Fi and Shane in the BFF Charm section above—are fantastic. Her world-building is wonderful, too; it’s nearly as exciting reading about the places Fi and Shane poke around it as it would be to actually be there in person. (Safer, too!)

I’ve seen a lot of hype surrounding this book in the community, but this is one that actually lives up to it—and actually surpassed my expectations on how much I was going to enjoy reading it.

Bonus Factor: Gender Bent “Retelling”
Anne Hathaway dressed in an adidas tracksuit and baseball cap wearing a fake mustache
Every time I type “prince Briar Rose,” I have to check myself. Because in this world, Sleeping Beauty is a male descendant of the first Witch of the Roses, Aurora. He’s trapped under a spell from the ruthless Spindle Witch, but the three good witches of his time worked to prevent him from falling under her control completely. And so he sleeps, waiting for a kiss to free him from his dreamy prison. But he’s not quite as useless as previous versions of Sleeping Beauty (sorry) in that once Fi and Shane get involved—quite on accident—with his situation, he can actually appear to them and help them with his magical abilities.

Factor: Series Starter
This book doesn’t end on a major cliffhanger, but there’s obviously more to come from Fi and Shane’s stories.

Anti-Bonus Factor: Shitty Ex
Fi spends much of the book lamenting her involvement with a former flame. I totally got her dislike from the start, but when we actually meet him? Wow, he’s so much worse than she let on.

Relationship Status: Researching Wedding Rituals
I don’t know how you do it in your world, Book, but I’m up for pretty much anything as far as ceremonies go. I’d prefer to leave blood sacrifices out of it, but you might be able to talk me into something adjacent. I like you that much.

Such a high fun adventure of a gender flipped Sleeping Beauty (where it's a prince that's asleep) and the girl needs to rescue him with a kiss.

Fi is a historian treasure hunter who pricks herself on the hidden Bone Spindle that put Prince Briar Rose under a sleeping curse. This circus hey to the price who she can't start seeing same talking to. But she has a hidden secret that she hasn't shared with anyone.

Shane is a girl on the run from her past who also treasure hunts. She keeps running into the mysterious Red who she starts falling for. She wields an ax life no one's business! She has to hide from and fight these witch hunters.

I loved every part of this! The action is crazy at times. There were too many (big) spiders for my liking though 😉 The way that Fi and Shane have to trust each other didn't start off well but at the end, they are both willing to die for each other.

The book has a great ending and I'm really excited for book 2!

4.5 stars

This book was so much fun!! Not a perfect book and you can kind of tell it's a debut, but a blast to read with great characters. I had such a good time with it, I didn't mind the imperfections.

The Bone Spindle is Indiana Jones meets a gender-bent Sleeping Beauty. It's got adventure, treasure, magic, friendship, terrible ex'es, curses, and two great romance arcs! This is exactly what I want from a light YA fantasy.

It follows two girls who are treasure hunters, partnering up to find a legendary secret prince who can be woken by a kiss. They are opposites but develop this great friendship.

Fi is a bookish girl hiding that she is cursed. She also ends up waking the magical spirit of this prince and they have a lot of chemistry...

Shane is a tough, battle-axe wielding warrior who ran away from her position as heir to a throne. She also has a real thing for this mysterious woman in red she keeps running into...

I won't say too much more about the plot but I really enjoyed this. The transitions are sometimes a bit choppy, especially in and out of flashbacks that give us more of the characters history, but I was just so charmed by Shane and Fi, their burgeoning friendship, and their romances. Plus the adventure, treasure hunting part was really fun. I love that queerness is casually accepted in this world. Can't wait for book 2! I think this will be a real crowd-pleaser. The audio narration is also great. I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher, all opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved this book! It was a great retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It was so much fun. I loved the romance in it as well.

A hundred years ago, Prince Briar Rose was placed under a sleeping curse. Fi, a treasure hunter, and Shane, a huntswoman, join forces to follow a strange map towards a potential treasure. While amid their treasure hunt, Fi pricks her finger on a bone spindle and is saved by the spirit of Briar Rose. Suddenly faced with the possibility of breaking the curse, Fi and Shane must overcome Witch Hunters, dark magic, and Fi’s horrible ex if they have any hope of making it to Briar Rose’s tower.

The Bone Spindle is a gender-swapped Sleeping Beauty retelling full of snark, romance, and adventure. It is told from three perspectives: Fi, Shane, and Briar Rose. I liked both of the female leads. Shane is a fierce warrior who left the clan she was supposed to inherit. Fi is the daughter of nobles who loves books and history. She speaks many languages and spends her time investigating ancient artifacts and unearthing history that has been lost.

I thought this was a fun adventure story! I liked the characters and the world-building. It was easy to follow and familiar with influence from the Sleeping Beauty story, with enough twists to make it original. My one criticism is that by the end it felt a bit heavy on the setup. It ended on a cliffhanger and left many questions open.

Thank you to Penguin Teen, Booksparks, and Netgalley for the review copy! All opinions are my own.

Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and All the Stars and Teeth: The Bone Spindle, by Leslie Vedder.

I picked up The Bone Spindle to read on a plane, the kind of book you take with you because you think you’ll manage a few chapters, then fall asleep, then hopefully a few more chapters after you get up. No one’s eating anything on a plane these days, so it’s just sleeping and reading.

Except I couldn’t put the book down. I didn’t sleep, I just kept on reading till I was done. And then, afterwards, I kind of paused and thought about how the worst part about getting ARCs to review is that there was no sequel I could just look up. I would have to wait, just like everyone else.

Reading The Bone Spindle feels, at times, like you’re caught in one of those interminable action sequences in the middle of one of those modern action films. You know, the ones that actually include feelings. Not in a bad way, either. There’s enough fairy-tale in this that it doesn’t feel like any other book you’ve read before. But there’s still a certain comfort to reading this book, like by making a mashup of different genres and stories, Leslie Vedder has actually managed a mashup of things we like.

Including, but not limited, to the kind of partners that start hating each other and end up willing to die for each other, something that either really, really works, or really, really doesn’t, but here it just clicks.

The book is, at its core, a genderbent version of Sleeping Beauty. It follows Fi, a treasure hunter, and Shane, a fierce warrior with an axe, who team up to find a map. What is the map leading them to? Magic. Treasure. Who knows? Either way, the thing is that, along the way to the map, Fi pricks her finger on a bone spindle and ends up waking Prince Briar Rose. Yes, his name is Briar Rose.

His spirit then comes along for the ride as Fi and Shane’s endgame changes. Now they have to figure out a way to break his curse, because of course they do. Wouldn’t you?

Does this sound like the best thing you have yet to read? Because I swear, in so many ways, it is. It’s fun, it’s a breeze to read, it’s engaging, and the characters are so so easy to root for. There’s also great worldbuilding and omg so many questions and things I want to see in the sequel. Like, can I get the next book now? I have QUESTIONS.

And feelings about both love stories we get in this tale, because yes, we get two. I’m always a sucker for genderbent retellings, and I’m especially a sucker for queer retellings. So if any of the things I’ve just mentioned sound like your kind of thing, then please, give The Bone Spindle a chance. And even if they don’t, I would still recommend you give it a try.

If nothing else, it’ll probably make you smile. There are a lot worse things to do these days than read a book that’s gonna make you smile.

The Bone Spindle is available now wherever books are sold.

This was a fun read! I really liked the unique take on the classic Sleeping Beauty story. The magic system of Andar was interesting to learn about and the different witches each had their own unique powers. The overall premise made for an exciting beginning and I enjoyed following Fi and Shane on their adventure. I definitely got some Indiana Jones vibes from Fi which I loved. I found that in the middle of the book I would have loved to have seen some more suspense like in the beginning and end. I think it would have helped propel the story along. Briar was one of my favourite characters, seeing his insight added an additional element to the plot, connecting the past and present. I really liked the flip on the idea of "boy saves girl" into "girl saves boy" it felt very refreshing to read. Unfortunately, some of the other characters like Shane, and at times Fi, annoyed me with their decisions and attitude. But for the most part I liked their input to the story. In terms of the romance I found Briar and Fi to be very cute together but found Shane and Red to be very rushed, it felt very sudden and didn't make much sense why they fell so quickly. I'm excited to see how the characters and their relationships develop as the series progresses. I didn't see many plot twists coming aside from the very end. Speaking of the ending, we've left our heroes in a very interesting position.

Overall a unique and intriguing take on Sleeping Beauty. I'm excited to continue with the series!

This book provides a wonderful twist on the Sleeping Beauty fairytale, leaning into the classic tropes while still adding in enough originality and clever characters to keep me hooked. I adored the partnership between protagonists Fi and Shane, who each have their own well-thought out backstories and depth. Each of their POVs stood out narratively and their banter was top notch.

Prince Briar Rose very quickly became a new favorite. The dynamics between the female main characters - who are all tough as nails without coming off as preachy or girlbossy - and the soft spoken, sweet Prince was just the icing on the cake for this fairytale retelling.

I could have used a bit more development in the magic system and Red's overall character. The history and lore of this world is wonderful, and I hope to see it fleshed out more in the sequel. As for Red, her entire character arc was predictable from her first appearance, and I only wished that she had a bit more personality.

A wonderfully fun debut and a new favorite twist on a fairytale, for sure.