How does the author structure the novel, Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen?

Fairest of All is comprised of twenty-three chapters averaging ten pages in length. Each chapter has a name that refers to some action or event within the novel that foreshadows what the reader is about to read. The chapters tend to be short and full of action, which propels the reader through the novel. The plot of the novel is fairy simple with no subplots of back-stories to distract the reader. The story surrounds a Queen whose insecurities lead to an obsession with her beauty and a crippling jealousy that threatens all of her relationships, including her relationship with her beloved stepdaughter, Snow White. The novel follows the traditional structure of rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. The first half of the novel establishes the complex relationship the Queen has with her stepdaughter and includes the rising action of her growing obsession with beauty. The novel's climax occurs when the Queen kills Snow White with a poisoned apple prevent her from overshadowing the Queen's beauty. Immediately after, the Queen feels guilty for her crime and throws herself off a cliff as punishment for her vanity. The novel ends with an epilogue tying together the story's lose ends and showing how the Queen's love for Snow White eventually wins over her evil.