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Cinder & Ella
by Kelly Oram
To be honest, I had really low expectations. I don't usually like retellings and I'm sick and tired of Cinderella. It's a wonderful tale, but it has been used so much it feels like there is nothing to it left. When my friend recommended this book to me, I was like "yeah, I'm sure it's great. Now you can take it back".
This book is pretty predictable, obviously, but it still suprised me how much I liked it.
I liked the protaginist Ellamara. she has personality and hobbies, she's witty and passionate. It made me sad when I read what happened to her. Not the accident per se, but what happened afterwards. What she had to endure at school, how people were reacting to her. People are cruel and thoughtless, my heart ached, I cried and it wasn't pretty.
The only thing what was somewhat disturbing for my is the whole I-don't-know-you-yet-I-love-you thing. We all watch "Catfish" on mtv, we KNOW how those things go. I get it, this is fiction contemporarty romance, so there must be social media included and so on, but still, how often those kind of relationships end well? Like not with a girl raped or murdered and left in the ditch somewhere? Or plainly with a guy (or a girl) actually turning out to be who they said they were?
"Cinder&Ella" is a retelling but not an obvious one. There are stepsisters and stepmother but are they as bad as they seem? There is Prince Charming (is he a real prince or just a douche?).
Special award should be given to Vivien's dads. They're awesome. Props to Vivien for Sugar Cane. It's amazing!
It's a cute but also hearbreaking story. The ending is quite predictable but it's a great read.
This book is pretty predictable, obviously, but it still suprised me how much I liked it.
I liked the protaginist Ellamara. she has personality and hobbies, she's witty and passionate. It made me sad when I read what happened to her. Not the accident per se, but what happened afterwards. What she had to endure at school, how people were reacting to her. People are cruel and thoughtless, my heart ached, I cried and it wasn't pretty.
The only thing what was somewhat disturbing for my is the whole I-don't-know-you-yet-I-love-you thing. We all watch "Catfish" on mtv, we KNOW how those things go. I get it, this is fiction contemporarty romance, so there must be social media included and so on, but still, how often those kind of relationships end well? Like not with a girl raped or murdered and left in the ditch somewhere? Or plainly with a guy (or a girl) actually turning out to be who they said they were?
"Cinder&Ella" is a retelling but not an obvious one. There are stepsisters and stepmother but are they as bad as they seem? There is Prince Charming (is he a real prince or just a douche?).
Special award should be given to Vivien's dads. They're awesome. Props to Vivien for Sugar Cane. It's amazing!
It's a cute but also hearbreaking story. The ending is quite predictable but it's a great read.