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A review by caichee
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
4.0
Just Ella explores what happens after Cinderella is whisked away to the castle at the end of the fairytale, and life for this Ella is not so happily ever after. Her Prince's kingdom is stifling (and backward in its treatment of women), and soon it feels just as much a prison as her old home. At least in her village she could do things for herself; in the castle she is expected to sit quietly and be beautiful.... and heaven forbid she tell the prince she doesn't want to marry him anymore.
Just Ella is a not-quite-YA, not-quite-middle grade novel, and sometimes suffers from that unbalance (world-building, especially, but I just assumed the made-up countries were somewhere in Europe...). On the whole, though, it's a fascinating story of "what happens after" and creating your own happy ending.
Just Ella is a not-quite-YA, not-quite-middle grade novel, and sometimes suffers from that unbalance (world-building, especially, but I just assumed the made-up countries were somewhere in Europe...). On the whole, though, it's a fascinating story of "what happens after" and creating your own happy ending.