I will always love the movies but am finding the books just as satisfying if not more so.'' A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Reprise)'' Source I continue to enjoy the time taken to make the romance more authentic. So This is Love is another enjoyable addition to the Twisted Tales series. It was easy to follow the events in the story as well. Cinderella has a chance to face her stepmother, and because she is the ideal of grace and sweetness, she shows mercy in the punishment.įinal Verdict: I used an audiobook to read this story. The Duke is portrayed as a skillful manipulator in this version and his efforts to get the Prince into a suitable marriage with a neighboring kingdom’s princess put the King’s life – and Cinderella’s happiness - in danger.Įventually, the Prince does realize who she is, and they do get back on track to their happily ever after. When the prince doesn’t recognize her as a servant, she assumes he was in love with the idea of her and that it would be better to forget the whole thing.

She finds it impossible to reveal herself to the prince as the mysterious lady because she no longer has proof and magic is outlawed, so it is dangerous to reveal a fairy godmother helped her. Cinderella escapes and is allowed to find work at the palace as the attendant to the King’s difficult sister. She then tries to sell Cinderella to get her far away from the kingdom. In this version, Lady Tremaine keeps Cinderella from trying on the shoe, and no talking mice save her.

What I Loved: The premise of this Cinderella retelling is what would happen if Cinderella had never tried on the glass slipper when the duke was sent to find the mysterious girl from the ball? The answer to the question is that a much better story happens! What I continue to enjoy in all these twisted tales is the chance for the characters to actually have some meaningful interactions before true love is declared and it ends in a wedding. before it’s too late.įor more twisted adventures, try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series:

Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king’s visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king―and the prince―out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella’s own Fairy Godmother. Unable to prove that she’s the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. The 9th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper?

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