Review: Debunked, or am I?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2013
So maybe Raven is hated so widely not because her mother poisoned the queen and ruled over all of them, but because she tried to rule over all of them.  Still, why would princess like Ashlynn have shops?  Then again, why would ladies or duchesses have shops?Moving on.So... Evil Queen's story raises all sorts of weird questions and cements one.  Is this a few generations after the originals?  I'm sorry, there is good cause to believe their parents are the the original, but they don't follow the fairy tale stories to the extent I would expect.  Either of them.  Any of them.  In all versions of this story except parodies I've come across, the evil queen who poisoned Snow White died.  Whether by falling off a cliff or having red hot shoes put on her feet and "dancing" to death.  In this version it seems like no one wanted to take the burden of killing her, so she went on a mad spree of insanity, completely embraced the fact she was evil, had a kid, and started trying to take over the kingdoms.Which, what in the world was the "good king" doing then?  Either he was futilely begging his wife to be good, or she had him locked in a dungeon.  And I'm sorry, when you overthrew the Evil Queen why did you put the ineffectual king who either let his evil wife get away with horrid atrocities without either going to the other kingdoms for help or murdering her, or was so weak that this woman who I can only assume wasn't his wife for very long or they didn't share a bed until after Snow White ran away... and she tried to kill your daughter!Sorry, I did like this book better then Apple's.  While it boggled the mind more on technicalities, I feel like I better know Raven.  Though, I am wondering if Raven is as good as she acts.  Not that she isn't good, but something about all her PCness seems more like a reaction to be told she is evil, and her going, no I'm not and I'm good, and then doing everything in her power to be "good" whether it's true to herself or not.I'm not if this review makes sense.  But the snipet of a story is good.  It gives us a solid reason why everyone hates Raven, not just Apple (though Apple likes her), though, the implication for this family dynamic is a little hysterical.  Let's just run this down a little.  So the Good King and the Evil Queen are Raven's parents.  And the deceased First Wife and Good King are Snow White's Parents, and Snow White and Prince ________ are Apple White's Parents.  Which means Raven is Apple's half aunt.  And when they graduate, Raven will eventually be not only Apple's half aunt, but also her step mother.When they decided to makes children take on their parents' stories, did they actually look at what that might mean for some families?Also, this could have answered the king question.  If Apple's father had defeated the Evil Queen, then it would have made sense that Snow White begged her father's case.  She could have said her father was just ignorant of what was going on between his second wife and daughter because he was ruling a kingdom and then the treacherous evil queen overthrew him.  But Apple states that her father has never used a sword, his only claim to fame (as it were), is falling in love with a comatose girl.  Which means, did Snow White go into battle, perhaps without the support of her husband?Anyway, this review has gone on long enough.  Maybe some of these questions will be answered in the book.  Finger's crossed.