The original tale of The Snow Queen is part of the lexicon left by Hans Christian Anderson, published 1844. Unlike the original story, Morton’s retelling of this fairy tale is solely from the adapted snow queen character’s point of view. The entire story is a dark tale, focusing on the negative… never the positive. Morton uses a combination of characters who provide a compilation of most characters and themes from the original. This is such an original concept. The tale centers around a ‘queen’ who is thoroughly heartless, and episodes throughout that are heartbreaking.
Even though I am not crazy about the Prologue, I can appreciate the originality and imagination in the storytelling of the tale. This is definitely a 4 1/2 star story.
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