Hemlock & Silver    by T. Kingfisher Order:  USA  Can Tor, 2025 (2025) Hardcover, e-Book      Reviewed by Hilary Williamson T. Kingfisher brings new perspectives to well known fairytales, as in Thornhedge for Sleeping Beauty. Now it's Hemlock & Silver, a very different look at Snow White. The lead, Anja, is a healer, who takes different poisons as part of her research into antidotes for what others assume to be incurable. Her father is a gifted merchant. As the story opens, the King shows up unexpectedly to tell her that the rumors that he killed his wife are true and that it was because 'she was cutting our daughter's heart out' and that Rose died. Now his twelve-year-old daughter Snow is very ill and all the doctors in the kingdom have failed to help her. The King wonders if someone is poisoning her and wants Anja's help. She really has no choice but to agree and he assigns two guards for her protection. They go to Witherleaf where Snow resides. It has many ornate mirrors, brought there by the dead queen. Anja finds a link between Snow's illness and an unusual fruit that she eats. Chasing a cat (Grayling has a key role in the story) she falls with it through a glass and into a dangerous mirror world, where she gradually discovers what is making Snow fail. Guard Javier joins her, helps and protects her. Don't miss T. Kingfisher's outstanding alternate fairytale fantasies! Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Fantasy books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews