Review: the Queen is Evil!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2012
This was a member giveaway by author Edward Carpenter from Library Thing.I thoroughly enjoyed this short but very witty story, written from the eyes of the Evil Queen. It is not your everyday fairy tale !At one point she is lamenting the fact that she has never met a man fit to rule a kingdom. She is a bit of a feminist. She worries that she won't live long enough to raise her son, the prince to take her place. " It's a bit difficult to govern properly with one's guts around one's ankle". Our Queen is a very proper evil woman!From the first chapter, her discussion of the "slattern from the scullery" with glass slippers and magic, to the sleeping beauty she had awakened by a peck on the lips from her Captain of the Guard. " The little wench didn't stop screaming until they rode out of earshot." A very enjoyable story, but definitely not for the children! I would give this story four stars,and recommend for a quick, very enjoyable adventure.