![]() ![]() I'd highly recommend it to girls and women alike. ![]() Instead, it deals with this issue - knowing you don't measure up to society's standard of beauty - with an authentic voice and beautiful truths (without giving too much away, things like your looks don't have to define you, and that there are worse things to be than unpretty and that people love all sorts of looks).I adore the way this story ended, and it's no wonder it is now one of my daughter's favourites. I reread the story, this time struck by the queen’s wishes for her unborn baby’s appearance. To me, the next biggie after Cinderella is Snow White. (Hate that concept - what is pretty on the inside, anyway?). Fairest by Gail Carson Levine My editor asked me to write another book in Ella’s world, and the more I thought, the more I felt the new one should be a fairy tale too. But unlike other stories with a less attractive lead female, the answer isn't ultimately to "fix" her, nor to see she's "pretty on the inside". ![]() But most of all, I loved the message it's leaving the girls who read it.For once, we have a kind, good, strong heroine who doesn't just imagine she's not pretty - she actually isn't - at least, according to the world's standards. I loved the characters and the twist on the fairytale genre. I found it completely enthralling.I loved the writing and the storytelling (I read this in one day - could not put it down). My daughter (who is 9 yrs old) read this book from her school library and absolutely loved it. ![]()
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