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This story has gained a certain cachet for being the “lesbian Cinderella” novel. Yet, there’s no real passion or feeling to the story. Everything feels so effortless, from the escaping from the stepmother and family, to the affair with the huntress, to the resolution of the bargain with the fairy, all the way the events at both balls. Each event glides so smoothly into the next that I never had any true concern that Ash wouldn’t end up with her intended partner.
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Jan 19, 2011
Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
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it was amazing
If you like faerie tales I definitely recommend this one. It is a re-telling of Cinderella with a few twists.
This is the most beautiful and romantic retelling of Cinderella I have read, yet. Ash is much better than the fluffy, watered down Disney version of Cinderella. I felt like an innocent high school girl, watching her fall in love with Kaisa, The Huntress. Imaginative, modern, and joyful, this fairy tale has a new happy ending. I'd gladly trade the stuffy boredom of court, to run wild beneath the moonlight and chase a white stag with my one true love and sup beneath the great oaks where fairies di
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read for Popsugar 2018 challenge: a book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
The hard part about Cinderella retellings is having to witness the cruelty that she experiences, especially because she is supposed to be so innocent, so naive, so blameless, so pure. The Cinderella archetype is kind of a bore. But the thing that attracts me the most to Cinderella retellings isn't the rags-to-riches angle, or that the bad guys get their comeuppance, but that there's an element of Secret Identity involved. Cinderella is like a superhero, donning enchanted clothes and making off t
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