Hello!
it MAY’s monthly reads! we are halfway through 2021 already.
I hope that everyone is well and staying safe.
Another month, another monthly read - sadly, I only managed to finish one book, and it’s…
Categories: Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, and Adventure.
‘Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince’s heart. She’s the ugly stepsister who’s cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella’s shoe … which is now filling with blood.
When the prince discovers Isabelle’s deception, she is turned away in shame. It’s no more than she deserves: she is a plain girl in a world that values beauty; a feisty girl in a world that wants her to be pliant. Until she gets a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.’
*Might contain light spoiler*
*read with caution*
This is not a retelling of Cinderella that I signed up but I did love it because instead of another Cinderella story - it was Cinderella’s stepsister’s story, a redemption story that I never thought I needed.
“Don’t you see? A pretty girl must please the world. But an ugly girl? She’s free to please herself.” - Tavi
This sentence hit me so hard that I fell in love with Tavi!
⭐4.5/5; the opening was strong but then the beginning was slow till fate and Chance got involved with the fairy queen - that’s when it got me excited, interested, and invested in Isabelle’s journey.
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May has got me busy with university and less time for me to read, and hopefully we all through this semester with As!
Thank you for reading and please stay safe, readers!
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