Genre: Fantasy; Fairy Tales,
Retelling, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Princess Novels
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: Cinderella–whose real name is Danielle
Whiteshore (nee Danielle de Glas)–does marry Prince Armand. And if you
can ignore the pigeon incident, their wedding is a dream come true. But not
long after the “happily ever after,” Danielle is attacked by her stepsister
Charlotte, who suddenly has all sorts of magic to call upon. And though
Talia–otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty–comes to the rescue (she’s a martial
arts master, and all those fairy blessings make her almost unbeatable),
Charlotte gets away. That’s when Danielle discovers a number of disturbing
facts: Armand has been kidnapped and taken to the realm of the Fairies;
Danielle is pregnant with his child; and the Queen has her own very secret
service that consists of Talia and Snow (White, of course). Snow is an
expert at mirror magic and heavy duty flirting. Can the three princesses track
down Armand and extract both the prince and themselves from the clutches of
some of fantasyland’s most nefarious villains?
This story starts off after Cinderella and her prince have
been married for some time. The bad part is her stepsisters are still after her
to ruin her happily ever after. The good part is that she has two other
princesses to helper her, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. This is a beautiful
mix of the classic fairy tales. It lets you see their lives after and what
really happened, well as far as this story goes any way. I found that it was a
very inventive take and brought about some great storytelling. I really liked
this story and can’t wait to read the next one in the series, The Mermaid's
Madness.
Publisher: DAW Books
ISBN: 0756405327
Pages: 352
Series: Princess Novels
Volume: 1
