Review: New Cinderella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
Once again K.M. Shea has struck again with an excellent retelling of a fairytale! The imaginative version is Cinderella was fantastic! I loved the subtle connection to the other 2 books, as I enjoyed those two as well.  Cinderella is one of my favorite fairytale, and retellings can be done very well or very poorly. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.Duchess Cinderella has done everything in her power to keep her father's estate from ruin with all the taxes set upon the conquered territory of Trieux by Eulauf.  Harvesting a hatred for the royalty of Eulauf who caused her, her property, and her servants so much pain, she is surprised when an officer from Eulauf takes interest in her.I liked this version since it is so different from the original.  Cinderella is acts as a servant for the betterment of her property, and the step-mother and step-sisters took an extremely backseat position in the storyline. They were almost victims in their own right.  The character growth in both Cinderella and the Colonel was great.  They both realize their faults and misconceptions about each other and each other's land.  And, as usual for Ms. Shea, there was a twist at the end which is always my favorite part of her books. Make sure you read her other two books in this series before this, because not only are they fantastic books, they help set up some knowledge of the land this story takes place on.  Also, I would like to mention that beside light kissing, there is no sexual content in the book (that's the #1 thing I look for in a book review)