My goodness.
I am quite the Huck fan.
All of the tropes that I needed in a romance/fairytale retelling were right here in The Fall of Snow.
We had forced proximity, found family, a strong female lead, magic, spice, and even a little bit of enemies to lovers!
I say ‘a little bit’ of enemies to lovers, because I wouldn’t say Huck and Snow were ever fully enemies.
It was more like they annoyed each other. But I think I liked it more this way, because Huck was just IT the whole time. He was never rude, dismissive, or unhelpful like we see in other enemies to lovers books. He was Team Snow the whole time and was almost immediately calling her “Snowflake”, which I LOVE because he was giving off major Flynn Rider vibes.
I thought a lot of their romance resembled that of Flynn and Rapunzel from Tangled and I can’t begin to explain how perfect that is. Huck was the perfect balance of arrogant, smug, and sensitive and the banter between him and Snow had me laughing out loud at times.
There was more to this story besides Huck and Snow (even though they were obviously my favorite part).
It was also really inspiring to watch Snow power through her mental barriers and become such a badass self confident character.
One thing I was worried about before reading the book, was how the 7 dwarves were going to play in.
Tara portrayed them perfectly, making them 7 warriors hellbent on protecting the ones they love.
I appreciated that the warriors weren’t over the top depictions of their cartoon counterparts. As a huge Disney fan, it was clear to me which warrior was which dwarf, but they weren’t overdone by any means, and I even got some of them mixed up when they were first introduced. I loved that they were still their own characters with their own interesting backstories and quirks.
All in all, I’ve read my fair share of fairytale retellings, some of them great, and some of them not so great.
I can tell you here and now that The Fall of Snow was GREAT. A wonderful book that I just couldn’t put down.
Also, do I feel a sequel coming on?