Ratings:
Star Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
If This Book Was a Movie Rating: G
Review:
Clearly I’m in the minority, but no.
I’m lazy, so here’s the author-provided intro to The Spinner and the Slipper:
A Romantic Retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Cinderella," set in a world of mystery, magic, and menace.
Eliana, a humble miller’s daughter, never sought the king’s attention. Now her stepmother’s thoughtless lie has placed her in danger, for if Eliana cannot spin a roomful of straw into gold by dawn, the greedy king will order her execution.
One glimmer of hope lights this dire situation when a mysterious stranger magically appears in Eliana’s prison cell. A series of bargains might be enough to secure Eliana’s freedom.
But unfriendly powers observe the doings of faeries and mortals alike. Can Eliana and her nameless champion surmount the odds piling up against them . . . even the wrath of mighty King Oberon himself?
UGH so that was insta-love in about four days. Almost exactly. The hero (seemed like a rather sweet guy), fell in love because of her strength during hardship. Because she was quiet and sweet. How’d he find out, you ask? He watched her. Without her knowledge.
Not creepy at all. Not. At. All.
Our heroine, on the other hand, was not much better. Eliana is kinda vanilla and perfectly sweet and right in everything she does. Put simply, she’s not the most relatable of characters. As for her relationship with said hero, she literally met the guy like three times for one night each (the Rumplestiltskin part) and then couldn’t remember any of it!! And she still fell for him after a couple of dances (the Cinderella part).
GiRl ThAt’s nOt HoW lOvE wOrKsSSs. You need to stick with somebody, seeing their pain and faults and hates and loves and be there with them no matter what and love them anyway.
While the characters and their questionable relationship were pretty much my main gripe, I do have a couple others: the world building was practically nonexistent, and conflict was very low level. And (I'm going to be petty here), NO ONE says this is a novella! So I need to say it: this is a novella. Didn’t know that when I started.
No, no, no, no, I still can’t. Imma head out. Bye.
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Recommendations That Are Better Than This Book:
Beauty and the Beast by KM Shea
The Beautiful Pretender by Melanie Dickerson
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