Status Updates From Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand

2.5 stars? 2.75?

Now that I'm at the end of the book, there's really wasn't something that was different than the way other books would've ended in fiction novels. It was pretty average. Leofric's kids grew up, marriages were done, everyone was happy i guess at the end.

This part of the novel, it tells a part of Fride, in page 192 it shows her giving birth but the baby didn't make a sound when she came out at first. Luckily, she was alive. Fast forward to page 207, Felicity and Leofric found their love for eachother and nine months later, their son was born.

On page 133, the Prince was told to kill Cinderella's step sisters. "If you loved me, you would want it too" Cinderella convinced Prince as the stepsisters got her heads cut off with an axe. Later on into the story, there is a part that tells the story of a Giant and a girl who played music for the fellow with her harp.

After the encounter with Cinderella, ever since that night he has been looking for her. Many people of the town laughed at his story and how he thought of Cinderella, thinking she was no such girl. He thought of her everyday but yet still couldn't find her. Finally, he had met her. They got married and Cinderella tells the Prince of her demon like step mother and sisters.

This part of the book was surprising, it felt different than the child version of the story of Cinderella. It is the night the Prince had met Cinderella, he complimented her for her dancing, her looks, and the way she spoke unlike the other girls in the ballroom. But soon, it hit midnight and she had to go. It tells the next few days, the Prince continued tried to find her for weeks.

i think the stories within in the book are much different than the children rated ones. For example, the story of Cinderella. She never slipped her shoe off when it is about to hit midnight. And the stepmother is watching over the prince and Cinderella. The story also tells the aftermath of when the princess leave and how the prince felt. There was also an execution of the stepmother.

Currently, this part of the book it is telling the tale of Hansel and Gretel. It is different than what the children rated book is. The witch can not see very well so she only knows by touch. Gretel is trying to tell Hansel she is going to eat him but he is fooled by the amount of dessert and treats he gets from the witch. Fast forward to the end, Hansel ends up dying and Gretel is left with burn marks by her hands