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ejderwood 's review for:

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
5.0

This was beautiful and I LOVED the changes Robin Mckinley made to the story - I was worried Beauty's sisters were going to be secretly evil or something but NO they were awesome and supportive and actually changed for the better and so did she.
The casual magic felt so nice and real in a way a lot of times it doesn't, in a lot of fantasy, but here it fit perfectly and the little mentions made the story that much more enjoyable.
There is a lot...of descriptors...like...so many. It straddles the line between 'way too wordy' and 'pulling you into the story' perfectly in my opinion, but I can see how it would be a dealbreaker for some people.
This might be my favourite interpretation of this fairy tale.