The end was a little off, I thought; but otherwise, an excellent thought-provoking insight into the fairy tale.


Excellent retelling-one of the best   June 16, 2002
 6 out of 11 found this review helpful

I really loved this book. Apart from having the best front cover in th world(get the hardback copy-nicer front cover) it had a really great storyline, completely changing the original fairytale. The main character Ella was a really intelligent and spunky lead. I thought that how she escaped was absolubtley brilliant and also really funny. I also thought that the villainous characters in the book were really 'good' villains-not just her step family but her teachers too. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger romance wise but I wont say any more about that or I'll spoil the book. Even if you aren't that interested in the book, get it anyway just for the front cover. I did and then discovered that the actual book was really really good too!