ASIN: B005IHDX18
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My rating: ★★/★★★★★
Book Description:
What happened to Cinderella after she married the Prince? Set in the late 1700s as Napoleon is rising to power, Cinderella embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she tries to come to terms with her failed marriage and her inability to have a child. Torn between the Queen's insistence that she try all means necessary to conceive and her own desires, she agrees to travel to Paris to consult with a witch to help her become pregnant. Her journey leads her to find her long lost Fairy Godmother and aids her to solve the mystery behind her mother's death. Yet the Fey Lord, the Silver Fox, also takes notice in her and her world is suddenly turned upside down...
This review is going to be a little short because there's not too much to say about this book. Rating this 2 stars is being extremely generous. I normally enjoy fairy tale retelling's or a follow up to the "Happily Ever After", but this "book" was just, terrible. I really hate giving books low reviews, but I had to with this. I couldn't wait for this to end & was finally glad when it did.
The premise was okay, but could have been better with A LOT of tweaking. Cinderella is a whiny and naive little twit throughout this whole book. It's supposedly set in the 1700s, but certain things don't make any damn sense. It talks about Napoleon who wasn't even around until the LATE 1700s.. it mentions him having an affair with Cleopatra (looooooooong before that time!).. then it mentions a guy named "John" in America who wasn't even alive in the 1700s.
Aside from it not making any sense, it was very boring. I would have stopped reading this at about 20% through if I hadn't been curious as to whether or not it would improve, which it didn't. Seriously, don't waste your time. I'm not even going to bother reading the 2nd book.
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