Author
Katie Hamstead has done it again; shared with us a solid futuristic fairy-tale
re-telling. This time, the storyline
centers around Snow White and her seven dwarves, while alluding to other
characters and plotlines in her Fairytale Galaxy Chronicles.
As
expected, Snow’s evil stepmother arranged for a huntsman to kill Snow when she
was a young teenager, and she successfully ran away and fell in with some
dwarves. Being that this is the Fairytale
Galaxy Chronicles, the dwarves have magic abilities. Snow lives with them on their home planet of
Calcus, working for the mine owner, White Enterprises. When the heir to the White corporation visits,
the relationship that develops between him and Snow is nothing short of a
charming fairy-tale.
Like
our Sleeping Beauty, Apolline, Snow is a smart, resourceful, and spirited
heroine, though she is a pacifist and has no fighting or hunting skills to
speak of. She does, however, enjoy the
thrill of street racing in her fixed-up ancient Earth automobile against dwarf
hovercrafts.
While
‘Dwarves of Calcus’ was not combined with any other fairy-tale that I’m aware
of, Hamstead incorporated original and creative plots and characters into the
traditional story of Snow White. The
dwarves each had personalities and their interactions with each other, the
humans, and other magical beings provided some comedy. Additionally, not only does the evil
stepmother, Geneva, send the huntsman back after Snow, she also unwittingly
sends her current husband (husband #3) to Calcus, which creates some humorous
scenes. Though Snow’s charming Timothy
White and Geneva’s current husband were boyhood rivals, this is the magical
world of Katie Hamstead’s fairy-tales; nothing remotely close to resembling a
love triangle occurs.
Perfect
for fans of Marissa Meyer’s ‘The Lunar Chronicles’!
Thanks to Curiosity
Quills Press for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest
review.
‘Dwarves
of Calcus’ will be available on March 6, 2018 as part of the Kindle Unlimited program!
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