This is a mix of Fairy tale and different legends.

Although the story is enjoyable with well developed characters. if you can look past the poor editing.

The story felt excessively long, slow in places, with poor editing and a chapter every couple of pages is just unnecessary.

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Andrew Wichland writes a fantastical tale with Once Upon a Time: A Warriors Heart. This book is part of the Once Upon a Time series, and this is volume one. The reader is introduced to the darkness, and a young girl, locked in a cell. The story revolves around this escaped prisoner of the Queen, who doesn't even remember her own name. Then, because of happenstance, she ends up at Shadow's and his men's place, sleeping in Shadow's bed. Her escape is only the beginning, and her relationship with her saviors becomes something more, and then it starts to get more exciting. This is one of those books that grabs you from the start and pulls you in. I'm a big fan of this author! The characters are so real, it's like being with them within the story. This journey was very unpredictable. The title drew me in, but the story made me stay. I like a story that is a once upon a time. Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all. 'White as Snow... Red as Blood... Black as night ... the fairest heart. belongs to the last of the House of White.' Once Upon a Time: A Warriors Heart is a definite recommendation by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. I read this book to give my unbiased and honest review. Amy's Bookshelf Reviews recommends that anyone who reads this book, to also write a review.

I didn't realize this was a snow white retelling. Also has w bit from Goldie locks and the 3 bears. I did find the chapters being short distracting like some have mentioned. I feel like it should have mentioned it being a retelling in blurb. It does have some unique parts to it. Like snow whites protectors. I wish the author Also just would say when shadow signed in his sign language that he just signed what he said said instead of going through him signing everything. It's hard to follow. While I think it's great author is using it as a tool to teach I just found it distracting.

A snow white retelling. This definitely leans towards the beginner/YA audience, but there are some violent scenes.

The writing is smooth and books moves well, but is just too long. The chapters are quite short too. The characters are straight forward and lack the complexity found in mainstream fantasy. You know from the get who, who's good and who's bad mostly.

Presume, if the reader is a beginner/young, they would enjoy this more.

This was the longest Snow White retelling, at least I assume it's a retelling because the plot is like in the fairy tale (princess persecuted by her stepmother takes refuge with and is helped by eight guys in the wild, retakes her throne from the evil queen, falls in love and goes to live happily ever after with her soulmate), and the most meandering as well. It has 208 chapters! Each so short it hardly fills two pages, giving it a syncopated and choppy feel.

I'd have halved the story's length by half, as there's not plot enough for this many hundreds of pages, tightened up the plot, killed a few people earlier, made each chapter longer, fleshed out the protagonists better, and built up the setting some more. As it was, it is a rather endless and slow flow of snippets that wasn't easy to stay interested in, and although the characters are meant to be likable, they feel too generic.

A fine premise, yes, but the execution needed more work and an editor.

Once Upon a Time... A Warriors Heart is a well written story with a intricate plot that keeps you hooked and interested. It contains a few saucy scenes that add to the flare of the book, but doesn't shift the plot from the main storyline. A truly well written fantasy.