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The Everly Girls #1
Forever Snow
Neva has more problems than the average seventeen year old: a fear of mirrors, lips that cause death upon contact, an insatiable addiction to apples, and she's been doomed to repeat the same three years of her life over and over.
She may be the prettiest girl around, but her beauty has caused her nothing but trouble. Neva has been cursed by a vengeful coven of ruthless witches. She has a small window of time to break her curse, or she will have to live with her burdens for all eternity.
She may be the prettiest girl around, but her beauty has caused her nothing but trouble. Neva has been cursed by a vengeful coven of ruthless witches. She has a small window of time to break her curse, or she will have to live with her burdens for all eternity.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 25, 2017
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April 19, 2017
Forever Snow (The Everly Girls Book 1) by V.B. Marlowe is a twist on a fairy tale and usually I don't care for those. I got this from Kindle Scout so I gave it a try and I liked it. At first I was going to give it 4 stars because the plot is good, characters are well developed, good fresh look at a old tale, and well written. I kept thinking about the story after I put the story away, which I seldom do, so if the book can do that I figured it must be a 5 star. I did enjoy it and maybe I need to open up more on the fairy tale thing :)
April 2, 2017
Forever Snow is a twist on the Snow White fairy tale, it has some elements that are done very well, and some that missed the mark a bit.
As an added bonus, the story also includes a few other fairy tales along the way as well, but I will let those be a surprise for you.
Snow White in this story, or as she is better known ‘Neva Albano’, pronounced Nay-vah, is a 16yr old girl who has been cursed so that she will constantly live between the ages of 15 and 18yrs. When she reaches 18, she reverts back to 15yrs. She was cursed by her wicked Stepmother some 200yrs ago, and now just moves around going from school to school in the US of course, even though she was born and raised near Luxembourg, and doing 3yrs of high school repeatedly. She lives with her ‘Father’, who is actually the Huntsman, who was cursed also for not killing her, and must hunt constantly.
There are some fun things in this story, Neva has an obsession with apples, because she was more beautiful than the stepmother, can’t look into mirrors without an interesting consequence, and has one kiss and you die lips.
Although, it does mention that she kissed her Father on the cheek and he was sick for weeks after early in the story, but later, she happily kisses a boy on the cheek with no effect, so you have to wonder about their potency?
This is definitely a YA fantasy series, but it does have a quirky concept for a story that, although there are a couple of holes in the plot line, it is pretty good overall. The best parts actually come from the additional fairy tales and some of the extra characters that try to make Neva’s life a living hell as she is known as a bit of a freak at school.
There are some good messages in this book about bullying, and there is nothing overly offensive in this book as far as language or sexual content for parents that may be concerned. Obviously given the nature of the book, it does have supernatural themes, but any fairy tale is going to!!
Overall, this is a really fun read, you have to overlook a few holes as I mentioned, and just go with the story for what it is and enjoy the read. There are some really fantastic characters that bring the story to life and make it even more amusing. If you like a good twist on a Fairy Tale and a quick light-hearted read – this is for you!
As an added bonus, the story also includes a few other fairy tales along the way as well, but I will let those be a surprise for you.
Snow White in this story, or as she is better known ‘Neva Albano’, pronounced Nay-vah, is a 16yr old girl who has been cursed so that she will constantly live between the ages of 15 and 18yrs. When she reaches 18, she reverts back to 15yrs. She was cursed by her wicked Stepmother some 200yrs ago, and now just moves around going from school to school in the US of course, even though she was born and raised near Luxembourg, and doing 3yrs of high school repeatedly. She lives with her ‘Father’, who is actually the Huntsman, who was cursed also for not killing her, and must hunt constantly.
There are some fun things in this story, Neva has an obsession with apples, because she was more beautiful than the stepmother, can’t look into mirrors without an interesting consequence, and has one kiss and you die lips.
Although, it does mention that she kissed her Father on the cheek and he was sick for weeks after early in the story, but later, she happily kisses a boy on the cheek with no effect, so you have to wonder about their potency?
This is definitely a YA fantasy series, but it does have a quirky concept for a story that, although there are a couple of holes in the plot line, it is pretty good overall. The best parts actually come from the additional fairy tales and some of the extra characters that try to make Neva’s life a living hell as she is known as a bit of a freak at school.
There are some good messages in this book about bullying, and there is nothing overly offensive in this book as far as language or sexual content for parents that may be concerned. Obviously given the nature of the book, it does have supernatural themes, but any fairy tale is going to!!
Overall, this is a really fun read, you have to overlook a few holes as I mentioned, and just go with the story for what it is and enjoy the read. There are some really fantastic characters that bring the story to life and make it even more amusing. If you like a good twist on a Fairy Tale and a quick light-hearted read – this is for you!
June 15, 2017
I enjoyed this modern day retelling of Snow White, with shades of other fairy tales thrown in.
December 3, 2019
If this was a movie, it’d be a mashup of Heathers and Highlander.
Those fairy tales? True only in part. Yes, there was a Snow White and a Huntsman and an Evil Queen witch who cursed not only Snow White with an apple but the Huntsman who wouldn’t kill her.
Two centuries later, Snow White would like to be done repeating the three years she hid from the witch in the forest. Especially since being a teenager in America means repeating high school over and over. Bad enough to be the weirdo with a mirror phobia and an insatiable apple craving, but Snow (Neva) can’t even date – her kiss is poisonous. Even friendships are hard when there are so many secrets to keep and a move with identity changes for Neva and her Huntsman “father” every three years.
Neva does have her school buddy, Aubrey; her reclusive neighborhood friend, Henry; and a clutch of bullied underclassmen who look to her for guidance. But she also has mean girl attention – the queen bee who might befriend her, the male drone who wants to date her, and the rest of the mean girl hive out to get her.
Mean girls start dying. Henry and Aubrey pull away. The pressure is on for Neva to either flee or do the unthinkable thing which will break her curse. A curse-breaking which is also a contest, because there’s more than one cursed fairy-tale teenager out there, from every story with a witch or a stepmother in it. Clever twist? Yes, but delivered in lecture-prose passages spoken by a very out-of-character Neva at her friends.
There is an ever-after, though not all characters reach it, and the last chapter drops a ton of hints that it won’t be happy until all the cursed teens are freed. That’s neither the triumph of a Highlander ending nor the quirky blackness of the Heathers finale, and it leaves the reader firmly in YA sequel land.
Those fairy tales? True only in part. Yes, there was a Snow White and a Huntsman and an Evil Queen witch who cursed not only Snow White with an apple but the Huntsman who wouldn’t kill her.
Two centuries later, Snow White would like to be done repeating the three years she hid from the witch in the forest. Especially since being a teenager in America means repeating high school over and over. Bad enough to be the weirdo with a mirror phobia and an insatiable apple craving, but Snow (Neva) can’t even date – her kiss is poisonous. Even friendships are hard when there are so many secrets to keep and a move with identity changes for Neva and her Huntsman “father” every three years.
Neva does have her school buddy, Aubrey; her reclusive neighborhood friend, Henry; and a clutch of bullied underclassmen who look to her for guidance. But she also has mean girl attention – the queen bee who might befriend her, the male drone who wants to date her, and the rest of the mean girl hive out to get her.
Mean girls start dying. Henry and Aubrey pull away. The pressure is on for Neva to either flee or do the unthinkable thing which will break her curse. A curse-breaking which is also a contest, because there’s more than one cursed fairy-tale teenager out there, from every story with a witch or a stepmother in it. Clever twist? Yes, but delivered in lecture-prose passages spoken by a very out-of-character Neva at her friends.
There is an ever-after, though not all characters reach it, and the last chapter drops a ton of hints that it won’t be happy until all the cursed teens are freed. That’s neither the triumph of a Highlander ending nor the quirky blackness of the Heathers finale, and it leaves the reader firmly in YA sequel land.
December 16, 2017
Admittedly I voted for this book on Kindle Scout and got a free copy after it won. I love fairy tales and I liked some of the authors other books like Dust and Shadow Shadow. But had someone told me this book centered around a teen girl’s high school life with bullies tormenting and abusing her every step of the way (I kept wondering why she didn’t just go to a teacher, counselor, or the principal), I would have run away screaming. (Not to mention it felt too convenient for marketing to the YA crowd for Neva to be forced to keep having to repeat the high school years, especially when she was first cursed high school hadn’t existed and it really wasn’t that acceptable for young women to even be getting schooling, so it makes no sense for the curse to keep her in school). Neva isn’t popular, but she is beyond superficial, and stuck on appearance and fitting in and moping and whining all the time that she can’t be one of them because of her curse. It’s every high school cliché rolled into one book. And once you get into the fairy tale part of the book, it turns rather bloody. Yes, there’s a body count by the end of the book (think Heathers but without cool Christian Slater and wonderful sardonic Winona Ryder) and I just kept shaking my head at how oblivious Neva was and how she just outright denied things that were staring her right in the face (like the real killer who I was shocked she didn’t jump to right after the moment the first death was announced). I thought the set up for the series (girls earning elixirs by killing off other teenage girls like themselves to break their curses) seemed vile and grotesque.
December 6, 2021
Definitely different
I've read many variations of Snow White retelling but this was one of the most creative and deeply thought out twists on the fairytale ever. Especially adding the threads of Hansel and Gretel as well as Cinderella into the story. I'll be intrigued to see what's next.
I've read many variations of Snow White retelling but this was one of the most creative and deeply thought out twists on the fairytale ever. Especially adding the threads of Hansel and Gretel as well as Cinderella into the story. I'll be intrigued to see what's next.
May 5, 2017
Schaper shorts
I really like Jed this book. At first I thought, ugh another Retelling of s fairy tell but it was actually very good. I did not see the ending coming the way it did, I like that. Keep me guessing.
I really like Jed this book. At first I thought, ugh another Retelling of s fairy tell but it was actually very good. I did not see the ending coming the way it did, I like that. Keep me guessing.
March 11, 2018
Oh my god, this book was so good I couldn't put it down!
I'd loved that it turned out to be a fairytale, yet modernized. Plus, the main character had the same name as I did. I loved how the author grabs your attention, and not reveling anything until the right moment.
I'd loved that it turned out to be a fairytale, yet modernized. Plus, the main character had the same name as I did. I loved how the author grabs your attention, and not reveling anything until the right moment.
May 9, 2017
Interesting modern take on the Snow White fairy tale.
May 16, 2017
Forever Snow
An interesting take on a fairy tale. A fun easy and suspenseful story. Liked the firmat. Would recommend too a friend.
An interesting take on a fairy tale. A fun easy and suspenseful story. Liked the firmat. Would recommend too a friend.
June 11, 2017
Interesting idea
Good YA book. High school version of the fairy tales with a curse. I wonder about the other tales yet to come.
Good YA book. High school version of the fairy tales with a curse. I wonder about the other tales yet to come.
February 14, 2018
I enjoyed this fairy tale retelling of the Snow White story.
October 11, 2017
Neva wants to be an ordinary seventeen year old girl, but she was cursed by a witch a long time ago. Now she is fated to relive the same three years of her life over and over again. While she may be the prettiest girl around, she can never get close to anyone. She only has a small window of opportunity to break her curse.
This is a new take on Snow White. The author picked and chose elements of the original and wove them together into a new twist. This is the first true telling of the fairy tales. It seems those witches caused a lot of trouble back in the day and all of the tales we grew up with are based on those old hijinks.
This was a fun, fast read. It was a nice introduction to what sounds like an interesting series.
I was given a free copy in excahnge for an honest review through the Kindle Scout program.
This is a new take on Snow White. The author picked and chose elements of the original and wove them together into a new twist. This is the first true telling of the fairy tales. It seems those witches caused a lot of trouble back in the day and all of the tales we grew up with are based on those old hijinks.
This was a fun, fast read. It was a nice introduction to what sounds like an interesting series.
I was given a free copy in excahnge for an honest review through the Kindle Scout program.
March 30, 2017
I always enjoy fairy tale retellings. This one is about Snow White, with bits of other fairy tale characters as well. It starts off like a YA story: mean girls and the ever popular girl, outcast girl likes cute boy, picked-on kids cling together. Things are not quite what they may seem, though, and they go dark after awhile. The story was engaging and kept me wondering what the outcome would be. The characters are well-defined, and the plot intriguing. Will Snow White get her happily ever after? You'll have to read it to find out. I really enjoyed this unique twist to the classic tale.
I received a copy of this book through the Kindle Scout program.
I received a copy of this book through the Kindle Scout program.
April 23, 2017
What a tale!!!!
I have always liked fairytales and the different versions that can be written. I have to say that this was an amazing read! I never thought I would like a retelling of Snow White, but it was so awesome!!! I am looking forward to more stories by this author!!
I have always liked fairytales and the different versions that can be written. I have to say that this was an amazing read! I never thought I would like a retelling of Snow White, but it was so awesome!!! I am looking forward to more stories by this author!!
April 13, 2017
I have read a few re-tellings of fairy tales but almost all of them have been Beauty and the Beast. This is the first one that was a new take on Snow White and a few others thrown in there as well. Very original with a thought out story line. I really enjoyed this book, it was a fast read. It reminded me a little of the old R. L. Stine Fear Street series, had he ever decided to re-tell a fairy tale.
Also as a new Kindle Scouter this was the first book I voted for and I was pleasantly surprised. Looking forward to reading The Everly Girls Book 2.
Also as a new Kindle Scouter this was the first book I voted for and I was pleasantly surprised. Looking forward to reading The Everly Girls Book 2.
May 26, 2018
What if they didn’t live happily ever after…
An extension of the fairy tale characters when the original story didn’t really end as you were told.
Young Adult themes. Kindle Scout program review.
An extension of the fairy tale characters when the original story didn’t really end as you were told.
Young Adult themes. Kindle Scout program review.
June 16, 2017
I received a copy of this story from Kindle Scout.
I enjoyed the clever way the author told Neva's, Snow White, story. The writing flowed and all elements fit together well at the end. I enjoyed the mystery and thought I had the answer, but would second guess myself when other things were revealed. I liked that this story kept me thinking and drew me in. I will definitely read the next book.
I also liked that this is appropriate for teens. There are lessons about bullying and consequences for other wrong doings. No cussing or blasphemy that I recall. There are a couple of scenes that may be intense concerning murder.
I enjoyed the clever way the author told Neva's, Snow White, story. The writing flowed and all elements fit together well at the end. I enjoyed the mystery and thought I had the answer, but would second guess myself when other things were revealed. I liked that this story kept me thinking and drew me in. I will definitely read the next book.
I also liked that this is appropriate for teens. There are lessons about bullying and consequences for other wrong doings. No cussing or blasphemy that I recall. There are a couple of scenes that may be intense concerning murder.
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