Review: Is she evil?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
I love fairy tales, plain and simple. Cinderella is Evil is a retelling of the traditional fairy tale, this time from the point of view of Anna. Anna is one of Cinderella's step sisters and she describes herself as an "ugly girl" and she doesn't understand why she can't be herself in her mother's eyes. Since the passing of Cinderella's father, Anna's mother has become a control freak hellbent on meeting her daughters off while Cinderella has become slightly vengeful and angry (proving that grief is not resolved). Cinderella chooses to thrust herself into her household duties as a result, when not working, she is snarky and bitter. Enter the traditional story: the ball, the stroke of midnight, the lost slipper, and the woman hunt. Anna is the unspoken hero to this tale, while discovering what she truly wants in life. A very easy read, original, but not too far fetched from the traditional story.