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Bogged Down with Hairshirts

The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

July 15, 2021 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

CBR Square: Cityscape. Shoutout to the folks who put together the CBR Bingo, because I was wondering where to fit this book, then I looked at the paperback cover and realized it has a cityscape in a shoe outline. I liked this book more than the last Cannonball Reviewer, but it did drag in several placed for me. The Charmed Wife is a retelling of Cinderella, where she’s been married to her Prince for 13.5 years and he’s a cheating horndog. This is hammered home […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, cityscapes, fairytale retelling, Olga Grushin

Debcapsfan's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, cityscapes, fairytale retelling, Olga Grushin ·
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Such High Hopes, So Little Pay Off

The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

January 18, 2021 by NatteringwPride 3 Comments

I love gritty fairy tale retellings. I love “what comes after the wedding” fairy tale continuations. I love domestic dramas. So Charmed Wife seemed like a shoe-in. Cinderella 13 years after the wedding, hating her marriage and what comes next? Heck yes! Sign me up. And at first it was good. No big surprises, Cinderella’s unhappy, her fairy godmother is a selfish letdown, the Prince is a cheating ass. I was ready to see what the author did with this mix. I’ve read it before […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Olga Grushin

NatteringwPride's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Olga Grushin ·
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