I was given an ARC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Wake Me Most Wickedly by Felicia Grossman is a Regency Jewish retelling of Snow White and the sequel to Marry Me by Midnight. Words cannot express how much I loved Marry Me by Midnight, my favorite Romance novel last year, and how much I loved this one, too.

Sol Weiss’ older brother is courting Lady Drucilla, a gentile, while Sol is becoming more integrated in the Jewish community, contributing to tension between the two brothers. Hannah Moses is an older sister doing everything she can so her younger sister can have a good life, even at the cost of her own happiness.

I loved the dynamic of the older woman-younger man paired with Hannah being an older sister who raised her younger sister and Sol being a younger brother raised by his older brother. The juxtaposition of their situations really served to highlight positive and negative aspects of sibling relationships while also weaving in how Hannah and Sol’s different perspectives are still connected by wanting to make sure their sibling has everything they wanted.

Like with Marry Me by Midnight, Grossman shows different aspects of the Jewish community during the Regency era, from the treatment of Ashkenazi Jewish people to the class system to the use of Yiddish.

There is so much to love here and it all boils down to how Felicia Grossman writes dynamics, integrates the world of the Jewish community of the Regency period, and the ways the fairy tale aspects are used.

I would recommend this to fans of the original book, fans of fairy tale retellings, and fans of Regency Romances.

Felicia Grossman's second genderflipped Jewish historical fairy tale is another delight.

I was given an advance reader's copy in exchange for an honest review.

To me, this series is like a darker, English version of fractured fairytales. Instead of damsels in distress, it's dudes. And as recent events have show, antisemitism never goes away, because evil and ignorance go hand and hand.

Most of the characters in the previous book, reappear here, but the heroine is Hannah Moses, trying to raise her younger sister and keep her away from the dangers of the more seedier part of London. She runs the pawn shop that her parents had owned, her parents now gone; they know not if dead or alive, because they were accused of some crime by an antisemite. She is also shunned by the Jewish community. Solomon Weiss, who had failed to win the "princess" in the previous book, becomes obsessed with her after she saves him from a robbery. He seems more naive here then in the previous book. And he is torn between his loyalty to his older half brother, Fredrick, the one who had himself baptized in the previous book in order to pursue wealth and acceptance with the goyim and the woman he loves. The author cleverly inserts apples, mirrors, dwarves (actually little old ladies, four who moved away to live by the shore) and the fairy godmother. But who is the wicked stepmother? Pay attention as you read. Sol gives a lovely soliloquy to win his lady love towards the end and the Author's Notes are well worth reading. I like the characters, story and intrigue, but the bit about what happened to Hannah's parents is not quite clear to me.

I read a gifted copy of this book via NetGalley.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.