I do believe that the majority of my month this time has been all fairy tale retellings! I guess I have to switch up my genres a bit this April. But no one does retellings, especially of the princess variety, quite like Redwine, and they always deliver. This one was a Cinderella retelling if you couldn’t tell by the pumpkin on the cover, and is about a girl named Blue who is trying to hide her magic from the world. But when her father is murdered and a cruel woman steps in to take over the shop that Blue’s father owned as well as their house, she has to find a way out without magic. Unfortunately, the only person that can help is Kellan, the prince that she’s hated since she was a child. And now that Kellan is back from boarding school and trying to find a suitable girl to marry, all he wants is to escape. But when a magical force starts terrorizing the kingdom, Kellan and Blue must work together to find out what’s causing it. And the more time the two spend together, they quickly start to realize that they may have been wrong about each other all these years. This was one of my favorites in the series, and I loved the story and the characters and, as always, the magic. Kellan was a side character in The Traitor Prince, so it was cool to see someone I was a little familiar with in this one. I loved Blue as well, and thought she was the perfect embodiment of a Cinderella character, one who is kind and brave and puts others before herself. And her chemistry with Kellan was off the charts, especially when they bantered. Another one of my favorite things about Redwine’s novels is that she always has the perspectives of the heroine, the love interest, and the villain, and they are always written so unbelievably well. If you like Cinderella, or just a really great fantasy story filled with magic and adventure and a little bit of romance, do not miss out on this one, even if you’ve never read any of her others. The other stories in this series include The Shadow Queen, The Wish Granter, and The Traitor Prince, which I just reviewed a few weeks ago. Happy reading!
