![]() ![]() ![]() There is no faster way to my sugar-coated heart than making me think of Ever After. There’s a lot of talks about taxes and estates, and the opening–where Cinderella is working in the market and bonding with her servants–had shades of Ever After. Like Elise, Cinderella is another princess that’s obsessed with business and finances, and Queen Freja also has a practically minded head on her shoulders. It has political twists with Cinderella being the highest ranked noble in a conquered country, and she’s under pressure to marry a noble from her country or marry Friedrich, a conquering army officer from Erlauf. ![]() I really loved the familial relationships in that book, but on the upside, the romance between Cinderella and Friedrich is superb and deserves to be the focus of this story. Personally, I didn’t like the characters of Cinderella or Friedrich as much as I liked Elise and her bros in The Wild Swans. Also, there’s a cohesive universe being developed between these stories that genuinely intrigues me, yet each story stands well on its own. ![]() The Timeless Fairytales series delivers retellings that have an idealistic undertone, but the heroes and heroines have teeth, grit, and enough interesting character tweaks to be interesting. In particular, I love retellings that are sweet/clean romance and deliver the happily-ever-after (HEA) ending. I did not intend to go on a retelling kick…but I went on a retelling kick. ![]()
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