I absolutely loved this! The opening is great, the blurb is honest and you know straight away that it will be a re-imagining of the Cinderella story, however it starts in a completely different setting to really give the book a unique feel.
There are elements of traditional story telling style mixed with the author's own writing style that make for a very good flow and easy reading. I couldn't believe how quickly I flew through the opening chapters.
The sense of empathy created for the character of Isabella is handled really well, I really did look at her character with a different perspective and I hadn't expected to.
The character of the step-mother is written brilliantly as if anything she is even more sinister in this version of the story.
There are elements of traditional story telling style mixed with the author's own writing style that make for a very good flow and easy reading. I couldn't believe how quickly I flew through the opening chapters.
The sense of empathy created for the character of Isabella is handled really well, I really did look at her character with a different perspective and I hadn't expected to.
The character of the step-mother is written brilliantly as if anything she is even more sinister in this version of the story.