‘So This Is Love’ is one of the twisted Disney book series. Each book takes an aspect from the Disney film, changes it slightly and shows what can happen to the characters when these changes happen.
In this novel, it is looking at Cinderella and what would happen if she didn’t have her trusty mice to help her get out of her locked room and try on the glass slipper to have the happily ever after ending. As there are no mice to help her Cinderella ends up locked in the room and when being sold, she manages to run away and finds work at the palace.
At the palace she has to avoid being found by her stepmother, stop a murderous plot and to avoid being seen by the prince.
Elizabeth Lim shows the inner workings of Cinderella’s character and to show her inner strength to take what life has given her and make the proverbial lemonade.
In recent years Cinderella has been thought of as a weak character as she is saved by her mice and then the prince. The Cinderella of Lim’s story could not be further from that idea. We see what Cinderella would do had she not been saved and had run on her own two feet (minus the glass slippers).
It’s a great story that was very difficult to put down and with relatable and funny characters. It is a treat for lovers of fairy tales.
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