The villains series by Serena Valentino is based on major villains back story and how they became a villain. The First book Fairest of all is about the wicked queen is a prologue to snow white . You follow the queen follow the queen and you learn how she became wicked.There group of witches Lucinda,Ruby,and Martha. They are antagonist’s of the stories being responsible for the sufferings and corruption of the main characters.In this series you out things you never knew like in The Beast Within the prince is friend with gaston.The prince is only curse because the sister encourage their younger sister piece to curse him after cold dismissed her for being commoner.There are more books in the series but it does open your eyes and understand why the villians are bad like they are,.