If The Shoe Fits eBook Shirley McCoy
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A story of three women two bound by blood, one destined to be queen.
For Celina, the magical night she met her prince ended in disaster, not happily ever after. Held captive by her family, she fears for the kingdom and the prince she loves.
Juliette is shocked to discover the glass slipper worn by Prince William's true love fits her foot. Now at the palace, she plots to escape the trap she finds herself in. Will the prince's handsome aide Robert Weston be a help or a hindrance to her plan?
Rosalind is furious she lost her chance for a royal marriage. Left to guard her stepsister, she manages the family estate with an attractive but antagonistic steward who sympathizes with Celina's plight.
With the kingdom threatened from dark magic within the palace itself, the three sisters must choose where their loyalty lies, with love or with power.
If The Shoe Fits eBook Shirley McCoy
I won't lie, I purchased this book because of the cover. It's just so pretty, but when I actually started to read it, I thoroughly enjoyed it.I had always thought the evil step sisters in the Cinderella story were unfairly treated. After all, they never were able to get away from their mother's influence. This story successfully turned the evil step sisters into relatable characters that ended up good. I especially enjoyed Juliette's story line, and I would definitely recommend this book to others.
The reason I took away a star was because the final confrontation took a while to get to. I know it was to develop the relationships, so it was definitely excusable. Overall, I really enjoyed this.
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If The Shoe Fits eBook Shirley McCoy Reviews
I wasn't sure what to think of this story that was a take on Cinderella fairy tale, and skeptical to begin with but I can honestly say I didn't see that coming.
I loved that this story while based on Cinderella was more about her Sisters and what it might have been like for them. What would you do if the one person in the world who should be your advocate and defender instead is your Jailer and abuser? What if that person had magic to ensure you couldn't grow the way you wanted? Would you become an evil sister?
While Juliette right away has redeeming characteristics Rosalind I hated. I didn't want to like her and I wanted her to be smashed in the literary world by fate and her Steward Jonathan. I had it all planned. Then she started to grow and her world started to change. Hats off to you Ms. McCoy you made me relate to her and feel for her...How the heck did you do that?!
While Some people will disagree with me this to me was a fresh take and while Celina gets her time in the spotlight Juliette and Rosalind captivated me and the story drew me in. I really enjoyed this and will be watching for more from Ms McCoy.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
If The Shoe Fits is an intriguing retelling of the Cinderella fairy story with a what-if twist... what if the shoe fits the wrong girl?
Juliette is one of Cinderella's (called Celina in this story) stepsisters. The story begins as Juliette discovers, to her horror, that the shoe fits her foot, even though she's very definitely not the girl the Prince is looking for.
We the readers realize immediately that Juliette is All Right. She doesn't want to marry the prince and she's horrified by her stepmother's wicked machinations (a spell on the slipper and a plan to take over the kingdom). I was almost immediately reminded of Ever After, probably my favorite movie take on the Cinderella story, when one of the stepsisters in that case turns out to be decent too. I immediately found myself rooting for Juliette to get together with her Lord Robert (the prince's best friend).
The other stepsister, Rosalind, is quite a different case. She's angry that the shoe fits Juliette and not her; she's jealous and resentful when their mother Beatrice takes Juliette off to the castle and leaves Rosalind behind to manage the estate and keep Celina imprisoned. Rosalind starts off as a clear villain... and yet, over the course of the story, we begin to see glimpses of someone who's actually quite decent underneath a shallow veneer. A woman who's unwilling to let her stepsister be mistreated and the estate she loves fall to ruin. A woman who's willing to listen to her steward, Jonathan... and even to let herself fall in love with him.
Taking a character who's a clear villain at the beginning of the story and working their way to a thorough redemption by the end isn't an easy task, and the author managed it extraordinarily well. Redemption and forgiveness aren't easily found by any means - I liked Celina, who was a fairly forgettable character in this story, a lot more when she tried to banish Rosalind and Juliette at her first opportunity.
There are three romances in this story; Juliette and Lord Robert, Rosalind and Jonathan, and Celina and Prince Will. Of the three, the story of Cinders and her Prince is the most thinly drawn and I found myself regretting that; I'd have liked to see all three romances given equal weight. Because we never see Will and Celina's first meeting, we're only told about it, it doesn't feel as believable as the other two romances. Yes, it's the story everyone knows, but I'd have liked to see what the author did with it; how did Celina (without allies or magic) get a gown and get to the ball to meet the prince in the first place?
Even that small quibble couldn't dim my enjoyment of the story, though. It was a great variant of a story everyone knows from a completely different point of view. Five stars.
Disclaimer I received a free ARC of this book for review through NetGalley.
I won't lie, I purchased this book because of the cover. It's just so pretty, but when I actually started to read it, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I had always thought the evil step sisters in the Cinderella story were unfairly treated. After all, they never were able to get away from their mother's influence. This story successfully turned the evil step sisters into relatable characters that ended up good. I especially enjoyed Juliette's story line, and I would definitely recommend this book to others.
The reason I took away a star was because the final confrontation took a while to get to. I know it was to develop the relationships, so it was definitely excusable. Overall, I really enjoyed this.
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