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Best Cinderella's Evil Stepsister retelling that I've read so far.



This was an excellent redemption story that didn't shy away from the ugly stuff. I mean, the bitch cut her damn toes off in the first few pages!
WHAT?! <--I was hooked.



The story takes a lot of twists and turns from there, but it's a great tale about finding out who you really are & then learning how to be true to that person. It's about not letting other people decide the role you play in your own life, not letting jealousy eat you alive, and the importance of forgiving yourself and making peace with your past.
Because as it turns out, no one is perfect, and even beautiful fairytale queens can do things they desperately regret.



You know what I really thought was cool?<--I'll tell you anyway.
I was surprised that Donnelly didn't turn Cinderella into the bad guy. I was expecting the she's pretty, so she's obviously gotta be mean version to pop up. It's an easy route to take since everyone already wants to hate the pretty girl, but the author took the harder road and made her likable and just as human as everyone else in the story.



I loved the addition of the Fates and Chance. Taking the ideas of what we are born to and what we can change if we take a different (harder?) path, and then making them into characters in this story was kind of genius. These guys kicked the book off and helped take it in an unexpected direction for a fairytale retelling.



Isabelle's own fairytale love story was also touching and very well done, in my opinion.
I melted a bit...



Isabelle was a bone-deep badass, and occasionally tender, and always very conflicted, and sometimes a big fat asshole, and most of the time a fuck up.
I loved her.
The whole thing was a win for me & I have zero complaints.
Recommended!

Jayne Entwistle - Narrator