ARC BOOK REVIEW: Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher

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Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher

Publishing August 19, 2025

Buy: Kindle | Audio | Special Edition

I received a free copy of this audiobook from Macmillan Audio. I am leaving this review voluntarily and all opinions are my own. 

I didn’t realize while reading this that it was a twisted unique take on Snow White but now that I’ve read it I can totally see it. Healer Anja is something of an expert in poisons. Now asked by the King to help his daughter Snow who has taken ill – no healers have been able to cure her, and he fears it may be poison – she travels to the desert to see Snow and hopes that she can help.

In her studies Anja has been known to drink poison to document the side effects, when she does something similar with a strange apple, she has found Snow eating she finds herself able to travel into mirrors and a shadow world of silver and gray. 

This was a great retelling and kept me engaged. I loved Anja’s awkwardness and her busy mind wandering to tangents only to be brought back to reality but someone or something. There are several other great characters in this book and while there is drama and danger there is also a lot of humor. If you like retellings this is a good one to pick up. 

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