I picked this up due to crystalclear’s review, and since I have a weakness for fairy tale retellings. Stepsister takes place after the prince has chosen Ella, and taken her away from home to marry her. Her stepmother and stepsisters are left behind in a village where they are now hated for their abuse of the country’s future queen. Donnelly decided to use the Grimm’s version of the fairy tale as her starting base so Tavi (Octavia), the older sister, and Izzy (Isabelle), the main […]
Once Upon a Time, a Girl Lost Herself
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly