Stepsister

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Isabelle should be blissfully happy she s about to win the handsome prince Except Isabelle isn t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince s heart She s the ugly stepsister who s cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella s shoe which is now filling with blood.When the prince discovers Isabelle s deception, she is turned away in shame It s nothan she deserves she is a plain girl in a world that values beauty a feisty girl in a world that wants her to be pliant.Isabelle has tried to fit in To live up to her mother s expectations To be like her stepsister To be sweet To be pretty One by one, she has cut away pieces of herself in order to survive a world that doesn t appreciate a girl like her And that has made her mean, jealous, and hollow.Until she gets a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known it takesthan heartache to break a girl. Best Download Stepsister author Jennifer Donnelly For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Everyone said a girl with a strong will would come to a bad end Everyone said a girl s will must be bent to the wishes of those who know what s best for her.Isabelle was young, only sixteen she had not yet learned that Everyone is a fool. First off, I want to say I really enjoyed this book There are so many good things I want to say about it and will , but I also think I have to admit that for the first 25% I thought I was going to love itthan I did The opening is very strong, the wr Everyone said a girl with a strong will would come to a bad end Everyone said a girl s will must be bent to the wishes of those who know what s best for her.Isabelle was young, only sixteen she had not yet learned that Everyone is a fool. First off, I want to say I really enjoyed this book There are so many good things I want to say about it and will , but I also think I have to admit that for the first 25% I thought I was going to love itthan I did The opening is very strong, the writing is gorgeous and highly quotable, and it s got that beautifully eerie dark fairy tale vibe going on I was thinking an easy five stars History books say that kings and dukes and generals start wars Don t believe it We start them, you and I Every time we turn away, keep quiet, stay out of it, behave ourselves. True to the Grimm brothers version of Cinderella, the book opens at the end of the tale we know with the stepsisters mutilating their own feet to attempt to fi...This book is a bold, subversive and startingly original reclamation of one of literature s most reviled women which, by recasting Cinderella s evil stepsister as a hero in her own right, illuminates a known story from a new evolving and multifaceted perspective while eking out depth and redemption and seamlessly grafting concepts of self discovery and identity to an unrepentant celebration of kindness, courage and forgiveness Me, completely immune to critical thinking BE THE UGLY, BITTER AND This book is a bold, subversive and startingly original reclamation of one of literature s most reviled women which, by recasting Cinderella s evil stepsister as a hero in her own right, illuminates a known story from a new evolving and multifaceted perspective while eking out depth and redemption and seamlessly grafting concepts of self discovery and identity to an unrepentant celebration of kindness, coura...This is not a pretty fairytale The story isn t pretty The world isn t pretty The characters aren t pretty Even the magic isn t pretty.It s not a story that will make you dream a thousand beautiful dreams of happily ever afters I m not saying the contrary applies that it will give you a thousand nightmares in which you die a thousand different deaths but it is indeed DARK.I liked it a lot I believe the world and the stories in it do not need to be one thing only They can be good and evil, This is not a pretty fairytale The story isn t pretty The world isn t pretty The characters aren t pretty Even the magic isn t pretty.It s not a story that will make you dream a thousand beautiful dreams of happily ever afters I m not saying the contrary applies that it will give you a thousand nightmares in which you die a thousand different deaths but it is indeed DARK.I liked it a lot I believe the world and the stories in it do not need to be one thing only They can be good and evil, beautiful and ugly, hopeful and fatal That s how people are, aren t they You want to believe that someone is all good or all evil because it ll be easier to predict their reactions and judge whether they are right for us or not.But that s called being one dimensional You don t want one dimensional people i...I read Jennifer Donnelly s Lost in a Book which is a Beauty and the Beast retelling and I truly loved it, so Stepsister was highly anticipated There s a special place in my heart for fairy tales, especially Cinderella To be honest, I haven t read that many Cinderella retellings.Will my review spoil this book Not totallyalthough I do mention the plot and certain themes which lead into the ending Stepsister begins right at the end of Cinderella as the prince seeks the girl to fit the slipper I read Jennifer Donnelly s Lost in a Book which is a Beauty and the Beast retelling and I truly loved it, so Stepsister was highly anticipated There s a special place in my heart for fairy tales, especially Cinderella To be honest, I haven t read that many Cinderella retellings.Will my review spoil this book Not totallyalthough I do mention the plot and certain themes which lead into the ending Stepsister begins right at the end of Cinderella as the prince seeks the girl to fit the slipper Isabelle and Octavia the evil stepsisters will do whatever it takes to get the slipper to fit, even if it requires cutting off parts of their feet Once everyone notices what the sisters have done, they are shamed and hated throughout the kingdom, and their sister Ella now sits with the prince.Life is difficult for the sisters, butso for Isabelle, as she struggles to accept herself and has much to learn about true beauty I found Isabelle s character relatable...5 ugliest, wittiest, fantastic, anti fairy tale, bravest ,strongest, applause to the strength of women, Hell yeah stars Retellings crash into art of war doctrines, feminism thesis and here s an amazing, smartly written fantasy book You never thought that you could love this new version of Cinderella story You already knew the old version of fairy tale before Grimm Brothers rule the stories with their honest reality, the beautiful ones are always kind, good hearted, vulnerable and their faces a 5 ugliest, wittiest, fantastic, anti fairy tale, bravest ,strongest, applause to the strength of women, Hell yeah stars Retellings crash into art of war doctrines, feminism thesis and here s an amazing, smartly written fantasy book You never thought that you could love this new version of Cinderella story You already knew the old version of fairy tale before Grimm Brothers rule the stories with their honest reality, the beautiful ones are always kind, good hearted, vulnerable and their faces and appearances are reflections of their genuine hearts They always get the prince and their HEA Blah blah blah So being ugly is equal to being cruel, mean, evil and loser of the stories What if all the equations could change and beauty would not be the only requirement to get your happy ending What about being brave, smart, hard worker, intelligent, sophisticated, determined, skillful, creative, charismatic, game changer and help you turn into a real leader Isabelle ...Did not realise this was written by the same author who wrote A Gathering Light, which I loved Just treated myself to this oneI started reading Stepsister on 4 19 2019 and finished it on 4 23 2019 This fairy tale retelling is an excellent read I like that it started out with the Cinderella story and expanded further after Cinderella went off to her happily ever after I love that this story focus on the stepsister s perspectives of how it all went I love that the stepsisters are portrayed as intelligent and brave,tomboy than girly There are many types of girls and this book hit straight on the nail s head by I started reading Stepsister on 4 19 2019 and finished it on 4 23 2019 This fairy tale retelling is an excellent read I like that it started out with the Cinderella story and expanded further after Cinderella went off to her happily ever after I love that this story focus on the stepsister s perspectives of how it all went I love that the stepsisters are portrayed as intelligent and brave,tomboy than girly There are many types of girls and this book hit straight on the nail s head by including girls who likes...Guys, you can tell I liked this book because I wrote a legit review Just call me meltotheany jk don t do that, my reviews would be a disgrace to her nameBelieve that you can make your way Or don t Either way, you are rightY ALL ARE SLEEPING ON THIS BOOK This seriously might be a new favorite of mine It reminded me a lot of Ella Enchanted it could be because they re both Cinderella retellings, but it s also because they both have deeper messages and generate a feeling of warm Guys, you can tell I liked this book because I wrote a legit review Just call me meltotheany jk don t do that, my reviews would be a disgrace to her nameBelieve that you can make your way Or don t Either way, you are rightY ALL ARE SLEEPING ON THIS BOOK This seriously might be a new favorite of mine It reminded me a lot of Ella Enchanted it could be because they re both Cinderella retellings, but it s also because they both have deeper messages and generate a feeling of warmth in me I m not huge into fairytale retellings, but this one was so special and unique This takes place after Ella leaves for her happily ever after and follows one of the ugly stepsisters, specifically the one who cut off her toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper...Instagram Twitter FacebookPinterestFairytale retellings are hard ideally, you re taking a story that most people are intimately familiar with and trying to put a spin on it that keeps it fun and fresh, while also reminding people about why they loved the original so much, too STEPSISTER is interesting, in that it tries to keep to the dark, original retelling When we first meet Isabelle, our heroine, one of the evil and ugly stepsisters, she is cutting off her toes to fit Instagram Twitter FacebookPinterestFairytale retellings are hard ideally, you re taking a story that most people are intimately familiar with and trying to put a spin on it that keeps it fun and fresh, while also reminding people about why they loved the original so much, too STEPSISTER is interesting, in that it tries to keep to the dark, original retelling When we first meet Isabelle, our heroine, one of the evil and ugly stepsisters, she is cutting off her toes to fit into the shoe Unfortunately, her evil plan is outed by birds that are friends with her sister, Ella Ella goes off to marry the prince and Isabelle and her sister, Tavi, are left alone, ostracized by the rest of the town for their deeds Only their mother, who is slowly going mad, will speak to them without anger, and even she is embittered about her daughters new and lowly state It seems like Isabelle is doomed to a life of ignomi...

Stepsister
  • English
  • 27 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 1338268465
  • Jennifer Donnelly
  • Stepsister