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I do love a good retelling.
I love to see how much an author veers from the original story, how much they keep or slightly change. Cinder, book 1 in the Lunar Chronicles, was based on Cinderella. The evil stepmom, 2 step sisters, a prince, a fairy godmother, and a shoe. In this story the fairy godmother was a sassy android - ~~she better get a new body~~ - and the missing shoe was, in fact, Cinder’s entire foot.
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“Well, I’m sure I could have come home faster, except someone stole my foot.”
“Sorry. I seem to have lost my gumption when my foot fell off during a live feed.”
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The reimagining of the dropped slipper I didn’t know I *needed*
I love to see how much an author veers from the original story, how much they keep or slightly change. Cinder, book 1 in the Lunar Chronicles, was based on Cinderella. The evil stepmom, 2 step sisters, a prince, a fairy godmother, and a shoe. In this story the fairy godmother was a sassy android - ~~she better get a new body~~ - and the missing shoe was, in fact, Cinder’s entire foot.
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“Well, I’m sure I could have come home faster, except someone stole my foot.”
“Sorry. I seem to have lost my gumption when my foot fell off during a live feed.”
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The reimagining of the dropped slipper I didn’t know I *needed*
Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?
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What an amazing retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Perception is everything, so when Scarlet’s grandmother goes missing, nobody thinks twice, but Scarlet knows better. False fronts made up an enormous part of this book. Scarlet isn’t the innocent little girl in the red hood, but a fighter and protector, and when she learns Wolf, the stranger she met during work, may be involved in her grandmothers disappearance, she hunts him down first.
Cinder isn’t the treasonous cyborg the media is making her out to be, but the heroic, hidden princess trying to find answers and stay alive.
Thorne isn’t just a military man turned thief, he’s also a loyal friend. But also a thief
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I WAS SO FOCUSED ON WHETHER OR NOT WOLF WAS AN ACTUAL WOLF THAT I MISSED THE FACT THAT HE’S LUNAR??? Did not see that coming. I love it.Review:
What an amazing retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Perception is everything, so when Scarlet’s grandmother goes missing, nobody thinks twice, but Scarlet knows better. False fronts made up an enormous part of this book. Scarlet isn’t the innocent little girl in the red hood, but a fighter and protector, and when she learns Wolf, the stranger she met during work, may be involved in her grandmothers disappearance, she hunts him down first.
Cinder isn’t the treasonous cyborg the media is making her out to be, but the heroic, hidden princess trying to find answers and stay alive.
Thorne isn’t just a military man turned thief, he’s also a loyal friend. But also a thief
4.25 stars
The Epitome of ~Evil Queen~
"Even knowing that it wasn't his choice, would never have been his choice, his kisses still elated her. Even after all these years, she loved him...Though she'd been expecting the muffled thumps from the corridor, she still startled when she heard them."
What a fucking nightmare. The entire Lunar royal family.
The Epitome of ~Evil Queen~
"Even knowing that it wasn't his choice, would never have been his choice, his kisses still elated her. Even after all these years, she loved him...Though she'd been expecting the muffled thumps from the corridor, she still startled when she heard them."
What a fucking nightmare. The entire Lunar royal family.
Update: This was a retelling of The Little Mermaid??? No wonder I loved it
I should have known this wouldn’t have had a perfectly happy ending
I should have known this wouldn’t have had a perfectly happy ending
