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One of the more recent cultural phenomenon is the rise of the Disney princesses. Everywhere you look, you see young girls wearing Disney Princess gear. On Halloween, young girls dress up as Belle, Aurora, Cinderella, and Snow White. Even Mulan has been declared an honorary princess (how, I don't know. Can someone explain it to me?). Some women have expressed concerned about young girls being, well, girly, and lacking good role models. The Disney princesses, in other words, seem to be a tamer ver
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I first heard of Jim Hines when someone forwarded me this blog where he attempts to recreate sexy cover heroine poses: http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/stri... He seemed pretty cool so I decided to read one of his books. This one was a relatively random choice, and I don't know how it compares to his other books.
I'm sorry this wasn't published when I was in high school, because I'm sure I would have loved it then. At this point in my life this wasn't genuinely a 4-star read in terms of my enjoy ...more
I'm sorry this wasn't published when I was in high school, because I'm sure I would have loved it then. At this point in my life this wasn't genuinely a 4-star read in terms of my enjoy ...more
Fun, lighthearted, kind of a wacky take on some of the fairy tale princesses. Also, I learned an interesting/appalling fact about one of the earliest versions of Sleeping Beauty: (spoiler here) In at least one version, Sleeping Beauty really did get awakened by the birth of twins (that she didn't voluntarily get pregnant with). Sometimes I think that some of the cleaning up of the fairy tales is probably a good thing.
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The Stepsister Scheme is the first in a series of fairytale retelling/mashup novels by Jim C. Hines. It follows what happened after the "happily ever after" found at the end of essentially every fairytale. It also pulls from more sources than just the Disney versions of the stories that many people are familiar with.
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