The very first book I picked up off of the shelf of our brand new library was The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap. The cover pulled me in. TW saw it on the shelf at home and commented on the cover. Elly saw it yesterday on my bed and commented on the cover. It’s a very comment-worthy cover.
The story’s not half bad either. TW thought it was a little creepy for a middle grade fiction but I didn’t think so. Some bad things happen – through magic. Some of the people aren’t as nice as you might like them to be, but that’s how life is. I think the start is a little jarring – taking a newborn baby to the Lifestone garden to leave him to die. But, to be clear there was no choice, the curse was killing him – not the leaving him in the garden. I think there’s a big difference and most kids will understand that. It was the curse, not abandonment.