Review: R.M. ArceJaeger's  A STEPMOTHER'S STORY Shines New Light on the One We Call Cinderella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
I think we can all agree that nothing is ever as it appears to be at first look. For many years the story of Cinderella as been unchallenged, where she seems to be the victim of an abuse stepmother and cruel step-sisters. Now that view has been challenged by the talented author R.M. ArceJaeger. In her book A STEPMOTHER'S STORY: The True Tale of Cinderella, we are able to get a look at the young girl from the stepmother's perspective.What ArceJaeger has done in this novella is fill in a lot of the details that readers have been without for some time. Through A STEPMOTHER'S STORY we know how the stepmother even came into the picture, what happened to Cinderella's father and more importantly the kind of girl that Cinderella was before the announcement of the upcoming ball.I found it fascinating the way the author was able to weave her own story around this classic and show us that our perception of individuals has a great deal to do with how the story is told and what we want to believe. The story also begins with an indictment on the press, and how we can sometimes be so convinced of a person's guilt or bad behavior before the "true" story comes out.No matter how much you enjoyed the original Cinderella story, R. M. ArceJaeger's A STEPMOTHER'S STORY will still prove to be a fun read you can't help but to enjoy and share with others.