Genre: Fantasy/ Fairy tale. Queer Scale: Flaming Enjoyment level: Fantastic.
Cinderella is dead is a wonderfully crafted Fantasy book! Using the backdrop of the fairy tale Cinderella to weave a new story, while deconstructing how we think of the classic fairy tale was a brilliant move by the author!
Also making the main Character a POC is a wonderful move! So many stories just assume everyone is white, and it was wonderful that the main character was not white!
The wlw Romance was perfect! It built super well, and was very satisfying!
The story wonderfully flowed and I didn't see the twist coming at all! Such a delight!
If you love queer fantasy, this is the book for you!
More about the story following:
In the book, the fairy tale story of Cinderella is used to subjugate women in the city where Prince Charming once lived. The king requires women to dress up like Cinderella did and go to an annual ball where they get chosen by the men of the land. Failure to get chosen after 3 balls, results in you being a 'forfeit'. However the story of cinderella has clearly been twisted and used as propaganda (for reasons you learn about).
It’s worse for Sophia (the main character) because...
she only likes women! So it’s
way more awful of a prospect to get forced into a mixed marriage (not that a forced marriage is good for anyone)!
She slowly meets different characters that move her towards making change in the land.
For example:
The descendant of one of the stepsisters
and the fairy godmother (who’s actually a witch)
There’s so many magical mysteries and just plain history that she has to uncover in her desire to change the rules of the kingdom!
Super delightful and well worth the read!
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