I read about a hundred more pages of Fairest today, and a lot has happened. When the castle found out that Aza was illusing for the Queen, Ivi claimed that Aza was an ogre who forced convinced her to lie. Besides this, the Prince kissed Aza, but abandoned her when he found out about her illusing. Does he really like her? Fortunately, Aza was able to escape from jail after being convicted of being an ogre, and is now at the underground dwarf city. She drank the same potion as the Queen, so she is beautiful by human standards. The last thing that happened was that she found out she wasn't ogre, she was part dwarf.

I believe that she won't be able to stay underground permanently. Although she won't admit it, she still has feelings for Ijori, and he probably still likes her as well. I think that she is going to come out of hiding to show him she isn't dead. No matter how nice these characters are, Ivi is generally mean tempered. I think that this is part of what makes her character so interesting. She only cares for herself. She is very self-conscious, so she surrounds herself by those who she thinks are uglier than her. I believe that she will figure out she didn't succeed in killing Aza.

Another thing to consider about this book is that Skulni, or man in the mirror. The beauty potion came with him. I believe that maybe he is the one advising Ivi. Will he gain anything if she dies? Also, is Aza under his control since she only drank part of the potion? I think that the Skulni will end up being a driving force in the conclusion of the book. I do like this book so far. Although some of the plot has been taken already existing fairy tales, it has added a new twist in the way it views the characters. The characters actually are believable. Their personalities have flaws, but this makes them seem realer, not flat. I think that by the end of the story, each character will be fully developed. We will know how they have good in them as well as bad.