Two books usually give someone a good feel for an author’s writing style, in terms of their stylistic approaches and the choices they make with characters. But I’m not quite sure about that still, as I’m once again left with the same complicated reaction that I had after reading “Cruel Beauty”. With...
No-recomendado por Majo Me propongo leer de principio a fin libros considerados "malos". Mi intención es encontrar al menos UNA cualidad buena en ellos y reseñarlos objetivamente siguiendo 20 puntos a desarrollar brevemente. (Los puntos varían según el género del que se trate.)Si tienen ganas de No-...
Gilded Ashes is a dark fairytale retelling of Cinderella, with a twist of dark fantasy that I found more engaging than the romance itself. Maia, the impoverished orphaned daughter of the noble Alastorides family, lived as a servant in her late father’s house. Her fairy godmother was the dead spirit ...
Cinderella is one of those story’s that despite how pathetic it is–and let’s face it being religiously abused everyday while hoping for Prince Charming to come to your rescue is pretty pathetic. Is still surprisingly one of my favorite fairytales. Amen to that. The Disney movie and Marissa Me...
Gilded Ashes takes place in the Cruel Beauty universe and continues some of the themes began in Cruel Beauty. The Gentle Lord, demons and struggling populace are all present in this tale. I did enjoy Hodge's use of the world she created in Cruel Beauty here, but overall I did not enjoy it quite as m...
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...because she's got nothing on this book.Yeah, you and your glass slipper can go and turn into a pumpkin. I'm going to read this to my children instead. :)What is this book about? An awesome retelling of Cinderella's story.Just that....Instead of a fairy good mother we have the ghost of her mother ...
This novella was pretty much amazing, albeit too short. Set in the same world as Cruel Beauty (my review of it), Gilded Ashes manages to overthrow its antecessor in quite a number of features: For instance, this may be a novella, but it feels perfectly cohesive as a whole. In this one, its shor...
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