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We all know the story of Snow White. A fair beautiful girl, a jealous stepmother, seven dwarves, and a poisonous apple. But wait till you see these best snow white retellings!
If Snow White is your favorite fairytale, you’ll fall in love with these sometimes modern, sometimes dark, and sometimes funny – stories.
The Best Snow White Retellings
A White So Red: A Dark Fairy Tale Retelling of Snow White by K.D. Jones
Seventeen-year-old Snow’s life changed forever the night her stepmother, the queen, sent her huntsman to cut out her heart. Fleeing for her life, Snow runs to the Silver Forest, a place as deadly as it is enchanting, and begins an adventure she could never have dreamed.
With no one at her side but a rowdy, dangerous band of dwarfs and an arrogant, rogue prince who is too handsome for his own good, Snow must confront the challenge that’s been laid before her: Kill the queen and take back the kingdom that should have been hers.
But if she is to succeed, Snow will have to tap into a powerful, ancient magic, one that may have been sleeping inside her all along.
The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson
A daring rescue. A difficult choice.
Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother’s jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down. This could be Sophie’s one chance at freedom—but can she trust another person to keep her safe?
Gabe defied his parents Rose and Wilhelm by going to find Sophie, and now he believes they had a right to worry: the girl’s inner and outer beauty has enchanted him. Though romance is impossible—she is his brother’s future wife, and Gabe himself is betrothed to someone else—he promises himself he will see the mission through, no matter what.
When the pair flee to the Cottage of the Seven, they find help—but also find their feelings for each other have grown. Now both must not only protect each other from the dangers around them—they must also protect their hearts.
Yuki: A Snow White Retelling by Nicolette Andrews
Hotaru is in need of a wife. Yuki has no intention of marrying, ever. To get the alliance he desperately needs, Hotaru must make Yuki fall in love with him. It’s not going to be easy.Hotaru was never meant to inherit the role of clan leader. Unprepared for his new role, and on the brink of war, Hotaru is desperate to find strong allies to help him protect his clan. Yuki’s clan is his last hope for an alliance.
Yuki has never been like other girls. She’s more at home in the forest than in silk and satin. Everyone thinks she’s strange. After her father’s sudden death, her brother is all she has left in the world. Though he would do anything to please her, his chronic illness means he doesn’t have much time left.
Desperate to see her settled before it’s too late, her brother pushes the two together. Yuki isn’t interested. At least she thought she wasn’t. She swore she’d never fall in love, but Hotaru might be able to get through all her defenses.
The Duchess Jessica’s childhood began with a tragedy: her mother’s death. Her father, heartbroken at the loss of his beloved wife, could not bear to raise the child. Largely ignored, Jessica spent the first eleven years of her life running free on the family estate, cared for only by the servants.
Then her father decides to remarry, bringing an end to Jessica’s independence. At first her new stepmother just seems overly strict. But as Jessica grows into a beautiful young woman, it becomes clear that her stepmother is also wildly — and murderously — jealous of her.
Jessica escapes to London. Going by the name Snow to hide from her family, she falls in love with an odd band of outcasts who accept her into their makeshift family. But when her stepmother appears in the city, repentant and seeking her forgiveness, Jessica will have to decide whom to trust…with her life.
