So This is Love: A Twisted Tale

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Elizabeth Lim

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disney hyperion

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12+

Release Date

April 07, 2020

ISBN

978-1368013826

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The 9th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper?

Unable to prove that she’s the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king’s visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king―and the prince―out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella’s own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it’s too late.

For more twisted adventures, try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell As Old As Time by Liz Braswell Reflection by Elizabeth Lim Part of Your World by Liz Braswell Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita Conceal, Don't Feel by Jen Calonita Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell Unbirthday by Liz Braswell Go the Distance by Jen Calonita What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell

The 9th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper?

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So, This is Love

December 27, 2021

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What I Loved: The premise of this Cinderella retelling is what would happen if Cinderella had never tried on the glass slipper when the duke was sent to find the mysterious girl from the ball? The answer to the question is that a much better story happens! What I continue to enjoy in all these twisted tales is the chance for the characters to actually have some meaningful interactions before true love is declared and it ends in a wedding.
In this version, Lady Tremaine keeps Cinderella from trying on the shoe, and no talking mice save her. She then tries to sell Cinderella to get her far away from the kingdom. Cinderella escapes and is allowed to find work at the palace as the attendant to the King’s difficult sister.
She finds it impossible to reveal herself to the prince as the mysterious lady because she no longer has proof and magic is outlawed, so it is dangerous to reveal a fairy godmother helped her. When the prince doesn’t recognize her as a servant, she assumes he was in love with the idea of her and that it would be better to forget the whole thing.
The Duke is portrayed as a skillful manipulator in this version and his efforts to get the Prince into a suitable marriage with a neighboring kingdom’s princess put the King’s life – and Cinderella’s happiness - in danger.
Eventually, the Prince does realize who she is, and they do get back on track to their happily ever after. Cinderella has a chance to face her stepmother, and because she is the ideal of grace and sweetness, she shows mercy in the punishment.

Final Verdict: I used an audiobook to read this story. The voice of Cinderella was well done. It was easy to follow the events in the story as well. So This is Love is another enjoyable addition to the Twisted Tales series. I continue to enjoy the time taken to make the romance more authentic. I will always love the movies but am finding the books just as satisfying if not more so.