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A review by ljwrites85
Stilettos & Stardust: A Gender-Swapped Cinderella Story by D.L. Pitchford
3.0
I jumped at the chance to read Stardust and Stilettos as Cinderella is one of my favourite Disney movies and just reminds me of my childhood. There’s also the added bonus of being a gender swap retelling too which I’m always a fan of.
Poor Noah, his mum, a famous scientist and astronaut, dies after a mission gone wrong. He gets an acceptance letter for the same university as his mum went to but his father refuses to pay for it, determined to go he goes about trying to win the money.
His only problem standing between him and his goal is his high school competitor and nemesis Eden. He thinks she arrogant, selfish and basically insane.
They are forced to be lab partners but as they find themselves growing closer, is there more to their relationship than they first thought?
Now I went into this thinking it was going to be a light fluffy read but there’s actually a lot more emotional depth in this story.
It’s told from both Eden and Noah’s perspectives so you really get to know the characters a lot better and get both sides of the story.
Yes it does have the trope of a dead/seriously ill parent but I think the author makes this her own, really communicating her characters pain and the different ways people grieve.
I have to be honest it wasn’t until after I’d read it and really thought about it I got a few of Cinderella references but I wouldn’t have said this was an obvious retelling.
Stilettos and Stardust is a really emotional and compelling story and a must for fans of YA romance.
Poor Noah, his mum, a famous scientist and astronaut, dies after a mission gone wrong. He gets an acceptance letter for the same university as his mum went to but his father refuses to pay for it, determined to go he goes about trying to win the money.
His only problem standing between him and his goal is his high school competitor and nemesis Eden. He thinks she arrogant, selfish and basically insane.
They are forced to be lab partners but as they find themselves growing closer, is there more to their relationship than they first thought?
Now I went into this thinking it was going to be a light fluffy read but there’s actually a lot more emotional depth in this story.
It’s told from both Eden and Noah’s perspectives so you really get to know the characters a lot better and get both sides of the story.
Yes it does have the trope of a dead/seriously ill parent but I think the author makes this her own, really communicating her characters pain and the different ways people grieve.
I have to be honest it wasn’t until after I’d read it and really thought about it I got a few of Cinderella references but I wouldn’t have said this was an obvious retelling.
Stilettos and Stardust is a really emotional and compelling story and a must for fans of YA romance.