4.25/5⭐️

From the very beginning you learn that Cinderella is different. Eunice, her new step sister, her mother and sister have to learn to adjust to their new lives. There are rules to follow, important things to never forget and sacrifices to be made. For nearly a decade things run as smooth as you can expect until the anticipated ball happens. And then things go very awry.

I really enjoyed this new horrific take. Genuinely felt for Eunice and you’re not supposed to like the ugly step sister. And reading how alluring and beautiful Cinderella can be and then flip to monstrous was fun to read. It followed the original nicely. Not the Disney fru fru version, but the original. You know with the sacrifice the step sister does to fit her foot in the glass shoe. *shudders*

Thank you netgalley, crooked land books And w.r. Gorman for the opportunity to read this arc.