Stepsister

2.5/5

This story is told from the perspective of the bastard brother of the king (aka prince charming). This is set after 5 years after Cinderella has met the prince. This retelling includes the fae instead of the Godmother. Prince Charming is now a cold king. Queen Ella can't forget her past and is resentful of it. We are also reintroduced to the cruel stepsister who made a blood sacrifice to the fae. One of my favorite parts of this story is seeing how conflicted Ella feels towards her stepsister. She let her live but refused to let her come back to court.

SPOILERS:
Her stepsister sacrificed her blood to the fair in exchange for glass slippers to make the prince fall in love with her. She doesn't understand why she ended up giving the heels to her.

This story focuses on what the king has ordered him to do and how the queen intervenes to find out what is happening. It all revolved around whether or not the stepsister would be able to come back to court. This story was interesting but didn't leave much of an impact on me. I wish we could have seen more of the stepsister, but that wasn't possible.