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What if Cinderella was a handsome Jewish man and the prince was a determined and beautiful heiress?

Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia Grossman

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Isabelle Lira wants to take charge of her deceased father’s business, but is hindered from doing so both because she is a woman and because the Jewish community she lives in finds it unacceptable. So she must find a husband who will not object to her controlling her family’s interests, and who won’t be cruel, abusive or who will take advantage of her and her wealth. In order to find a suitable match, she is arranging three festival events, where all eligible Jewish men are […]

It’s kinda your mothers Cinderella

Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version) by Brothers Grimm, Bernadette Watts

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Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version) by Brothers Grimm, Bernadette Watts (Illustrator) Do you know the story of Cinderella? You probably think you do, but you also probably only know one version of this classic tale. Be it the Disney version or the more famous Charles Perrault version, you have only seen a small bit of the history of this folktale. Now, I had heard about the original version the Grimm Brothers had done, but I mostly forgot about it. If the version you know is […]

Choosing your life partner based on her footwear might not be a good idea

Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella by Roald Dahl

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(A  few spoilers are included) Do you like Roald Dahl? Well if you do, you might want to try Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella (illustrated by Adam Larkum). Now, I think this book is a reissue, but I am not really sure, but I do know that it will be an edition out in mid-April 2026. I am just going to say two things: One, I am not always a fan of Dahl, but two, I appreciate the work. And with Cinderella, I like the ending as […]

The Rough-Face Girl Had Faith In Herself and She Had Courage

The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin & David Shannon

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In this Algonquin rendition of Cinderella, The Rough-Face Girl lives with her father and two beautiful yet cruel sisters in a village on the shores of Lake Ontario. On the outskirts of the village lives the Invisible Being; a rich, powerful, and supposedly very handsome man who every woman in the village has set her sights on. However, to win his hand the women have to get past his sister and the tests she places in their paths. When her stepsisters fail, can the Rough-Face […]

Princess and the Amazing Technicolor Fur Coat

Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck & Anita Lovel

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The story is, according to the author’s inscription, “one of the many variants of the Cinderella story; readers will recognize it as being similar to the English ‘Catskin’ and to the Grimms’ ‘Many Furs’ or ‘Thousand Furs. The title princess (who is actually nameless) grows up without a mother but with a serious indifferent father. Her only comfort is her nanny, who teaches her writing, reading, dancing, and cooking; a standard gamut of royal tutorage except for the cooking. But when her nanny dies, her […]

Always The Fireplaces

Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater

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This second novel in Atwater’s Regency Faerie Tales series is just as charming and delightful as the first. We’re heading downstairs in this one but it’s still full of faerie shenanigans! Housemaid Euphemia Reeves has fallen in love with a man far above her humble station. The youngest son of The Family, he is generally pleasant to the servants and is aware enough to take his muddy boots off at the door to save them some work. Obviously this makes him a perfect though improbable […]



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