Cinder & Ella

Yet another wonderfully unique retelling. This time? Cinderella.

Kelly Oram's "Cinder & Ella" to be exact.

I happened to watch Disney's original, animated movie (plus its two sequels) as well as the modern live-action while reading this kindle edition. To set the mood.

["It’s been almost a year since eighteen-year-old Ella Rodriguez was in a car accident that left her crippled, scarred, and without a mother. After a very difficult recovery, she’s been uprooted across the country and forced into the custody of a father that abandoned her when she was a young child. If Ella wants to escape her father’s home and her awful new stepfamily, she must convince her doctors that she’s capable, both physically and emotionally, of living on her own. The problem is, she’s not ready yet. The only way she can think of to start healing is by reconnecting with the one person left in the world who’s ever meant anything to her—her anonymous Internet best friend, Cinder.

Hollywood sensation Brian Oliver has a reputation for being trouble. There’s major buzz around his performance in his upcoming film The Druid Prince, but his management team says he won’t make the transition from teen heartthrob to serious A-list actor unless he can prove he’s left his wild days behind and become a mature adult. In order to douse the flames on Brian’s bad-boy reputation, his management stages a fake engagement for him to his co-star Kaylee. Brian isn’t thrilled with the arrangement—or his fake fiancée—but decides he’ll suffer through it if it means he’ll get an Oscar nomination. Then a surprise email from an old Internet friend changes everything."]

What's your favorite retelling (fairy tale or otherwise)??

Also, did you know that Kindle has a toooon of free (free with Prime) books you can lend? You can "borrow" ten books at a time. Kind of like a library. Read them at your own pace. Make highlights, add notes, etc. When you're done, you can return it and borrow another. I currently have 10 in my library that I need to get to. They have a bunch of new books as well as a crap ton of classics (like Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie). Off to do that now (or as soon as I finish writing/publishing all of the back log of bookstagram posts I have collected over the past two weeks).

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