A review by in_libris_speramus
Charm by Sarah Pinborough

4.0

Big yikes to the epilogue, but other than that, this was one of my favorite retellings of Cinderella. I've read so, so many over the years because it is my favorite fairy tale (Grimm variety, not Disney) and many have been good. I enjoyed the gentleness of this story that is lacking in just about every other tale and it is certainly more risque than other riffs, which I also enjoyed. There is a new lesson or two in this version that are definitely unique to this particular plot, and the happy ending is another quite refreshing one (though somewhat similar to Ash, which I also read this year). I think that we can only tell and retell popular folktales in some many ways before all the twists are used up, but I'm overall very happy with this one.

But JFC, can we not with the incest bit in the epilogue? Seriously.