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Tarnished Embers by Rosa Lee
3.0
Definitely matches the blurb's promise of a darker Cinderella retelling with why choose trope. Our FMC is introduced to new stepmom and four stepbrothers out of the blue one day five years after her mom died and it's seen very quickly that stepmom fits "evil stepmom" category. The four MMC's are all obsessed w/ Ember right away (having cyber stalked her for past six months). Ember herself, has insta-lust for each of them which then very quickly becomes insta-love. Likewise, from the four boys as well.
Following the Cinderella mold, things suddenly get worse after tragedy and stepmom drops the fake niceties. Bringing in the "dark" portion of the story is what the stepmom makes the boys do for her to gain income and then what she has done to Ember.
My thoughts - Wasn't bad wasn't great. There wasn't a giant plot, and we didn't meet any characters outside of those from the household so was a very quick read.
I did like that the boys (besides the twins ofc) have been with each other physically and how much they took care of each other and then Ember. Their protectiveness of her was a big plus for me.
Overall, it was a quick read with not a lot of development but that's kind of what I expected going in for a retelling novella.
**Read TWs**
Following the Cinderella mold, things suddenly get worse after tragedy and stepmom drops the fake niceties. Bringing in the "dark" portion of the story is what the stepmom makes the boys do for her to gain income and then what she has done to Ember.
My thoughts - Wasn't bad wasn't great. There wasn't a giant plot, and we didn't meet any characters outside of those from the household so was a very quick read.
I did like that the boys (besides the twins ofc) have been with each other physically and how much they took care of each other and then Ember. Their protectiveness of her was a big plus for me.
Overall, it was a quick read with not a lot of development but that's kind of what I expected going in for a retelling novella.
**Read TWs**