Details:
Title: Cinderella is Dead
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
ISBN 13: 978-1526621979
Synopsis:
Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball … are forfeit.
But Sophia doesn't want to be chosen – she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world …
But Sophia doesn't want to be chosen – she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world …
Review:
In a world where the Cinderella story is told and recited by all women and the most important aspect for girls is to be chosen by a man Sophia knows that is not the future she wants but can she change things? And what will it cost her?
Sophia was a really engaging character and I liked how she knew things weren't right even though she had been taught to just do as she was told. Her parents really frustrated me as did Erin who I think was my least favourite character in the whole book. I did enjoy the overall theme of fighting against the patriarchy though perhaps some of the plot twists were a little predictable.
I would recommend reading this as I had a lot of fun and it was very well written.
In a world where the Cinderella story is told and recited by all women and the most important aspect for girls is to be chosen by a man Sophia knows that is not the future she wants but can she change things? And what will it cost her?
Sophia was a really engaging character and I liked how she knew things weren't right even though she had been taught to just do as she was told. Her parents really frustrated me as did Erin who I think was my least favourite character in the whole book. I did enjoy the overall theme of fighting against the patriarchy though perhaps some of the plot twists were a little predictable.
I would recommend reading this as I had a lot of fun and it was very well written.
I gave this book 3.75 out of 5 stars.
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