AS RED AS BLOOD by Salla Simukka

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The Snow White Trilogy
Translated by Owen Witesman

Lumikki’s day gets off to an odd start when she discovers a mass of bloodied money in her school’s darkroom. While she isn’t tempted to take any, she is curious about the story behind the stained bills and soon returns to the darkroom for further investigation. But Lumikki’s curiosity sets a deadly plot in motion and catches the attention of some dangerous men. Men intent on sending a message. Men who will soon discover that Lumikki is standing in their way.

This Finnish teen debut is the first in a projected trilogy. The translation is smooth and the story is overall quite intriguing but Lumikki herself isn’t as fully developed as I would have liked. It’s hard to say at this stage whether this is intentional; my hope is that her story will be fleshed out further in the next two books. That aside, As Red as Blood stands fairly well on its own. There are no real cliffhangers or terribly open plotlines, which is nice considering the translations of books two and three aren’t available just yet.

1/15 Becky LeJeune

AS RED AS BLOOD by Salla Simukka. Skyscape; Reprint edition (August 1, 2014). ISBN: 978-1477847718. 272p.

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