Cinder & the Prince of Midnight
Susan EE
Overview
I love fairy tale rewrites, unfortunately, this one wasn't great. It definitely had potential, an evil king who controls his sons and his people, brainwashing them into thinking his kingdom is the best they're going to get. Cinder training to fight back, to save the abused women of the kingdom, sold into monthly slavery. It fell flat though, we never even meet this feared king, the ending felt like giving up.
A lot of the book moved very slowly, then we had a two year time jump in the middle, and then the ending just was there. Like I said, the story lines had a lot of potential, there were a few conflicts that weren't ever even fully addressed. The parts at the end that were actually concluded didn't even feel as though they fully did so. I honestly still can't even understand what happened at the end, it was just so weird and random and not fitting that I feel bad even giving the book two stars.
Would I Recommend?
No not really. There are a lot of better variations out there, though the originality of the plot is pretty good, the ending and overall execution leave a lot to be desired. It's super short though so that's a plus, I just don't think it's even worth the small time investment it required.
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