![]() ![]() I really like the roses that are prominent throughout the story. ![]() That being said, there were a lot of really neat aspects to this book. Sadly, this book did not live up to my expectations. I was looking forward to this book, as I really love fairy tales that are re-told in a new way. But all that beside, I really liked this book as a fairy tale. So, if you were really looking forward to an adaptation of this fairy tale, you might be disappointed. I had this sense throughout the book, and the author's note at the end confirmed it for me, Nancy Holder took a lot of inspiration from the movie 'Ever After'. In fact, this book seemed like some sort of cross between 'Cinderella' and something like 'The Goose Girl'. I was surprised to find out that this book didn't follow the fairy tale very much. I wasn't very familiar with the fairy tale 'The White Bride and the Black Bride' but after I read this book, I looked up that fairy tale again. That being said, the book did have a few problems. I found it to be quite unique.Nancy Holder uses Greek Gods all throughout the novel, yet apparently the story is set in medieval France. After reading a couple of 'Once Upon a Time' books that I had hated, The Rose Bride was a good change. ![]()
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