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Rise of the Cinder Fae
by Whitney Dean
In this dark retelling of Cinderella, Elora is the princess of a fallen kingdom forced into marriage to the prince of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that destroyed her own. In order to save her friends, the reclusive Cinder Fae who provide Pumpkin Hollow with coal in exchange for safety in Ashbury, Elora agrees to marry a man she hates. Along the way to the alter, Elora discovers that some people are not as she thought and some are far worse than she believed.
I thought this was a really interesting take on Cinderella and loved the dark gothic elements introduced! The relationship between Finn and Elora was such a good slow burn and they were soooo adorable when they finally go together!
This book felt way longer than it needed to be though, and at times felt like too much was going on when other parts felt fairly rushed so pacing was a real issue while reading. I wish the Cinder Fae played more of a part in the book. Going into it I thought they would be a main part of the story but kind of fell to the sidelines most of the way which was a little disappointing.
I enjoyed the dual POV between Finn and Elora because I think it's great to see both sides of what the characters are experiencing but there were several times where something was happening to one character but the chapter would be in the other characters POV which felt weird. This leads into my biggest issue which was this book relied heavily on "tell don't show". Meaning the characters felt like they were narrating the story to the reader vs the reader "seeing" what was happening as it was going on. As such, there wasn't a ton of discovery for the reader to do. There were also many grammatical and punctuation mistakes that felt odd since this was a finished story.
Even with these issues though, I still enjoyed the story and would be interested in reading the second book!
I thought this was a really interesting take on Cinderella and loved the dark gothic elements introduced! The relationship between Finn and Elora was such a good slow burn and they were soooo adorable when they finally go together!
This book felt way longer than it needed to be though, and at times felt like too much was going on when other parts felt fairly rushed so pacing was a real issue while reading. I wish the Cinder Fae played more of a part in the book. Going into it I thought they would be a main part of the story but kind of fell to the sidelines most of the way which was a little disappointing.
I enjoyed the dual POV between Finn and Elora because I think it's great to see both sides of what the characters are experiencing but there were several times where something was happening to one character but the chapter would be in the other characters POV which felt weird. This leads into my biggest issue which was this book relied heavily on "tell don't show". Meaning the characters felt like they were narrating the story to the reader vs the reader "seeing" what was happening as it was going on. As such, there wasn't a ton of discovery for the reader to do. There were also many grammatical and punctuation mistakes that felt odd since this was a finished story.
Even with these issues though, I still enjoyed the story and would be interested in reading the second book!