Review: Wonderful Cinderella Magic
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2013
I'm always glad when I find a new version of the Cinderella story and this one was a winner. The characters are well-developed. So much so that at times I almost knashed my teeth at the ridiculous belief Belinda had that she deserved everything because she was beautiful and her step-sister nothing because she was not as beautiful as she. Her mother, the creepy Lady Sinclair, didn't take long to get into her role as the wicked step-mom when her husband, Lord Sinclair dies. With sly and constant insinuations she makes Lucy (Cinderella) believe she deserves nothing and must live in the shadow of her beautiful step-sister. What I found a little annoying is that Lucy was so blind when given numerous clues by the hero, Viscount Devlyn, as to his extreme attraction to her. Lucy turns every one of these clues into an attraction toward her step-sister, Belinda, only because Belinda is such a beauty everyone must fall in love with her. But I guess there must be some sort of conflict that separates the hero/heroine, so that's a small defect in an otherwise perfectly wonderful story.