Ten year old Briony Duke and her parents own a prestigious girls’ school in the country. This is in contrast to Mrs. Eyres, a middle-aged woman who has just been sacked by Briony’s father for embezzling funds. When Briony’s parents are killed in a car crash, Mrs. Eyres and daughter Lucy take over the school and Mrs. Eyres now becomes Briony’s guardian. Mrs. Eyres makes Briony sleep in the kitchen, cook, clean and tend to her and her daughter’s every whim. Seven years pass and Briony grows to be a beautiful and highly intelligent 17 year old. One day she meets Tom Logan, the sixth richest man in the country. She starts to fall in love with the charismatic 19 year old. The only question is, can she win his heart before her evil stepsister does?
This book is an amusing twist on the classic fairy tale Cinderella. It is updated, and I believe that girls will find that they identify with the main characters. I enjoyed reading it and believe that it would make a great gift to introduce a girl into the joy of reading. I received this book for free in exchange for this honest review. Goodreads
This was a new take on the Cinderella fairy tale. Instead of living in a house, Cinderella lives in a boarding school with her evil step family. Also there is only one evil step sister, and she ends up being my favorite character. The evil step mother is still very mean and does not like Briony’s spirit. There were enough differences from the fairy tale to make the ending surprising for me. Yet there were enough similarities that it didn’t ruin the original. The Fairy God person was also a little different from the original, however I liked the character and found myself imagining what my answer would be to the question Briony gets asked. She gets asked “If you could be any person in history for one day. A person you admire for whatever reason. Who would it be?”.
Who would you be?
I am giving this book a 5/5 and hope that this author writes about all the other fairy tales. I would love to read her take on The Little Mermaid and the sea. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own. Goodreads
