I finished Fairest today. Since my last blog, many of the problems changed, and resolved themselves. Ijori(still loves her) and Aza's family know she is alive. When ZhamM(dwarf who stayed at her in) goes out of town, Ivi, disguised as a dwarf, gives her a poisoned apple. Nearly dead, she is sent into the Skulni's mirror to fill in for him on his break. Every time someone who has used his potion dies, he gets to go out in the world (he likes to speed up this process). Aza breaks the mirror, and is sent back to her body. When she wakes up, Ijori, who has come to see her, accompanies Aza back to the castle. When the King recovers, he pardons Aza. Then, he proceeds to exile himself and Ivi for the good of Ayortha. The book end with Aza marrying Ijori. They rule together for the rest of their lives.

Overall, I think that this ending was too predictable. You knew that she was going to end up happy, even when she was dying. I think that the ending is actually unoriginal because of this. The poisoned apple was even taken straight from Snow White. Although the rest of the book did have some depth, the ending did not. Ivi is suddenly happy to leave, and the King is suddenly better. I think that I would actually have enjoyed it more if these changes had not happened so suddenly. Overall, I think it was an OK book.