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smakinde's review against another edition
3.0
Okay let's talk about it.
First off, I love how the author changed Cinderella's story from this damsel in distress to her wanting to kill the King(who surprise is actually Prince Charming), but he has some magical evil powers that are connected to (surprise) his mom who is the "fairy godmother", really a witch. So he is able to live a lonnnnnng time. He killed her parents and then had his mom aka the witch aka the fairy godmother give her this potion that would make her fall in love with him, but it wore off and she found herself married to him and hating him. I also really liked that Sophia at 16 living in this world where women were treated as property, decided that she did not want that life. She wanted to be the Knight, not married to one. I love that she was in love with her bestie Erin and while that didn't work out, they had a cute story.
I liked that the message was about breaking down the world construct that is put on women and being who you are. The message was awesome and I would encourage any woman to read it for that sole purpose.
Her goal is to take down the king and while she does accomplish that(after meeting Constance who is the last surviving family member of Cinderella), the story was lacking in the world building that it so desperately needed. We see little glimpses of Sophia's life, but nothing to really connects us to her in a way that would have made this story 10x better. It was also really hard to connect her and Constance. While they have cute little moments and they obviously like each other, there wasn't IMO any real connection in their journey to find the fairy godmother.
It was also really hard to enjoy the second half of the book because of the random scenes with the King. He showed up randomly and killed a woman that was connected to Sophia in front of a large crowd in the market...while that was awful, it didn't really make sense to me to place that moment there. Then he showed up at the fairy godmothers house just out of the blue and it just kept taking me out of the story.
First off, I love how the author changed Cinderella's story from this damsel in distress to her wanting to kill the King(who surprise is actually Prince Charming), but he has some magical evil powers that are connected to (surprise) his mom who is the "fairy godmother", really a witch. So he is able to live a lonnnnnng time. He killed her parents and then had his mom aka the witch aka the fairy godmother give her this potion that would make her fall in love with him, but it wore off and she found herself married to him and hating him. I also really liked that Sophia at 16 living in this world where women were treated as property, decided that she did not want that life. She wanted to be the Knight, not married to one. I love that she was in love with her bestie Erin and while that didn't work out, they had a cute story.
I liked that the message was about breaking down the world construct that is put on women and being who you are. The message was awesome and I would encourage any woman to read it for that sole purpose.
Her goal is to take down the king and while she does accomplish that(after meeting Constance who is the last surviving family member of Cinderella), the story was lacking in the world building that it so desperately needed. We see little glimpses of Sophia's life, but nothing to really connects us to her in a way that would have made this story 10x better. It was also really hard to connect her and Constance. While they have cute little moments and they obviously like each other, there wasn't IMO any real connection in their journey to find the fairy godmother.
It was also really hard to enjoy the second half of the book because of the random scenes with the King. He showed up randomly and killed a woman that was connected to Sophia in front of a large crowd in the market...while that was awful, it didn't really make sense to me to place that moment there. Then he showed up at the fairy godmothers house just out of the blue and it just kept taking me out of the story.
ash_quartz's review against another edition
5.0
May have taken a while to finish this, but I was getting out of a reading slump throughout this read. It was amazingly written even though I wish there were more to the end, but that’s my personal opinion.
thecreativefae's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
cag168's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
beckahh_i's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
carlijnpsman's review against another edition
3.0
The book felt really rushed. Not just story wise, but the character development as well. Characters fell in love after meeting just once, and one of them claimed to be in love with another person at the time. The world itself also felt really small, as it was just about 'the kingdom', the village in which the mc lives and the forest next to it. It made it all feel really flat. I did like the fact that the main relationship was about two women falling in love with each other, but other than that, the book didn't really blow me away. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't necessarily an amazing book.
_shortcake22's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
biberbart's review against another edition
3.0
Viel schmachtende Blicke und bisschen sehr irrationales Verhalten zwischendurch.
Den Twist am Ende habe ich so nicht kommen sehen, letztendlich hat es aber natürlich am Happy End nichts geändert.
Mal wieder ein Buch mit Lektorat, das war schön. Liest sich schnell weg, aber man verpasst auch nix dolles, wenn man es nicht liest.
Den Twist am Ende habe ich so nicht kommen sehen, letztendlich hat es aber natürlich am Happy End nichts geändert.
Mal wieder ein Buch mit Lektorat, das war schön. Liest sich schnell weg, aber man verpasst auch nix dolles, wenn man es nicht liest.
harmonj3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0