I just wouldn’t mind if the fairy tale was retired forever. I think the author made some bold, smutty choices, and I liked the transgressive elements-especially within the Cinderella mythos. When I discover the one woman who doesn’t wither under my gaze, but instead. Cruel, rigid, unyieldingI’m all those things. As the head of the Constantine family, I’m used to people bowing to my will. I’m not supposed to do a close reading here. Stroke of Midnight Paperback 2 October 2020. She has a cute bird as a buddy, but her existence is bereft of joy, agency, friends… So: I was left wondering-what is the fairy tale? rich Man (eventually) marries poor girl? Except, she’s not poor, just poorly treated by her own family? Ok, fine. Stroke of Midnight is now LIVE Stroke of Midnight grabbed me from the first page and wouldnt let go until the last. Original Recipes for Book Lovers Monica Murphy, Laurelin Paige, Cora Reilly, K Webster, Skye Warren, Amelia Wilde. Oh, but I’m supposed to be talking about this version-so, “Ash” is the (barely) 18 yo protagonist who is discovered by a misogynist/sadist twice her age, and she is coerced into exchanging her beauty/power for cash. Neglect, omission, inattention-yeah, the remarried man with a daughter he doesn’t seem to know or see in a personal way is ripe for humiliation by the society she lives in-whether she works as a maid or not.

How a girl with “daddy issues” is most likely the spawn of an ineffectual, quiet narcissist who is never blamed for not protecting his daughter at all-ever-from being tortured and abused in his own home. The evil step-sisters are replaced with rapey step-brothers, the step-mother is evil as always, and wow-this book made me realize just how very horrible Cinderella’s real father is in EVERY iteration of this old fairy-tale. Well, well, well-this is the smuttiest Cinderella story I’ve ever read 😅 and the book cuts itself off before she even gets to the ball.

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