Cinderella Is Dead

Okay this was great. The world building was soooo intruiging, taking the story of Cinderella and completely twisting it to make an incredible story and I love it. I also really love the art on the cover (the cover I have is not the cover shown on GoodReads) because its so detailed and beautiful and I love how the colours flow and you can see all the detail and texture, without it being too detailed!

So...why is it not 5 stars? Well, that's because of the ending. It just feels a bit...empty? Like, they kill the king and some guys are still sexist to them and they realise the fight isn't over which I like, I like an ending that isn't 100% happy and perfect, but it just felt like I needed more. More closure. Of course there's Luke and his boyfriend Louis who I would've loved to see, but never came up again but I can understand Luke's past lover being sent to the castle being used as an example for the story. But...what about Erin? She was advertised all over the blurb, and the first page literally starts with Sophia talking about how much she loves her. And then she's barely in the book and Sophia falls in love with someone else? What? Sophia's last interaction with her is going to visit her secretly at her new house with her husband which ends in an argument where Sophia admits that the dominating patriarchy of the society they live in has made her cruel and infected the way she thinks. And that's it! No apologies and reunions at the end, even though Sophia and her new girlfriend Constance (awesome name by the way) will surely free her from her marriage? It just feels strange to me, like the author hit a deadline and had to just finish the book as fast as possible.

Apart from the loose ends, I did really enjoy this book and it's reimagining of a traditional fairytale into something much darker and interesting.