Goodreads asked Rob E. Boley:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Rob E. Boley When my daughter was much younger, one of her first movies was Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” I had a great time watching it with her and seeing her reaction. Snow’s frightened dash through the woods really freaked her out! Over the course of the next few months, she wanted to watch that movie over and over again.

If you watch anything enough times, either your brain will melt or you’ll start to see the darkness between the lines just to keep yourself entertained. It seemed silly to me that Snow’s curse would end with a simple kiss. I mean, that’s too easy. Wouldn’t it be all the more sinister if that kiss was actually the catalyst for something far worse?

Plus, Snow White was such a weak character, like a lot of the fairy tale princesses. As my daughter said, “She wasn’t very smart to eat that apple.” So, I also wanted to update her and some of the other female fairy tale characters and make them less passive and stronger, yet realistic and relatable.

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