Review: "Words weave spells, sometimes." (Here's a remarkable case in point.)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2014
What a magnificent retelling, or rather reconceiving, of the Cinderella fairy tale. It's turned on its head, in the way "Wicked" redresses all the bad press Frank Oz gave the Witch of the West...All the elements of the well-known fairy tale are not what you think and the story unfolds with the first person narrator, Ember herself, struggling to resist a curse/spell that has made the local prince irresistibly charming. He is bound and determined to find her -- the one girl uncharmed -- just as she is dead set against ever falling under his spell. How these two discover their true love is, dare I say, spellbinding.Set in a Georgian-like period with panniers, lead powder and satin shoes, this story's re-imagining is enthralling and very, very droll, as it twists and contorts the Prince with a shoe fairy tale of love brilliantly.I mean brilliantly. This was an utter pleasure and delight to read.To whomever published this: There are some weird auto correct misspellings, such as something being stretched thin and 'taught' not taut, and many, many odd sections of indentation in the ebook at the default font size that'd be nice if fixed. As it is, it's still great fun to read.