In fact, I kept flipping back a few pages every couple of chapters, thinking I might have missed some kind of plot device that would propel the story forward and give me an underlying sense of why Ash feels the way she does about Kaisa, but never to any avail. While author Malinda Lo’s writing was often lyrical and enchanting in itself, the story was lackluster to me. I had read enough about Ash to know that it was going to be a lesbian retelling of Cinderella, and I was intrigued by the premise. It is only when Ash learns the truth behind her late mother’s magical relationship with Sidhean that she can “break the spell” and begin in earnest her “happily ever after” with Kaisa. Kaisa on the other hand represents love, life, and joy, all despite the risk of pain that any of those can also bring. As Ash becomes more deeply involved in the dark and haunting world of fairies, she becomes attracted to the oblivion Sidhean can provide to assuage her grief. After much brooding in the magical wood, and the weaving of an enchanted backstory, Ash befriends, who plays the quasi-fairy godmother/father character, and Kaisa, the King’s Royal Huntress and Ash’s love interest. In this creative retelling, Ash, the Cinderella character, starts out with a life very similar to the classic tale: upon her mother’s death, her father remarries, and upon his death, she is left to be a servant to her stepmother and two stepsisters.
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