A Shoe's Tale by Trisha M. Wilson on 15 June 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 69
Format: eBook
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Not your childhood Cinderella.
Louella hates her stepfamily and would gleefully kill them if given the chance. However, having survived her attacks, her stepfamily has chained her up, preventing her from murdering them in their sleep. Louella is a prisoner in her own home and nobody will help her.
At least not until she meets Henry, Prince Ramsey’s cook. The prince needs shoes for the ball and Louella’s stepfamily are shoemakers. The prince also needs Henry to cook meals for him wherever he goes.
Henry and Louella strike up a conversation and slowly a friendship builds. But with Louella in chains and Henry unable to free her, how will their budding friendship, and possible romance, become anything more?
The night of the ball reveals all...are you ready?
This is a short story, 18,200 words long.
Cassy’s Review:
**Copy of book received from author in exchange for an honest review.
This was a fairy tale re-tell that had a different spin on the Cinderella story. I love fairy tale retells. It’s always fun to see how an author changes things up. I enjoyed this story. It was short and sweet. I would have liked to have read more, meaning I would have liked the story to really play out and be longer. As a short story, it was still good.
Louella hates her step-family, and she is not shy about showing them her true feelings. After several attempted attacks on them, they have chained her up and taken away anything that could do harm to them or let her escape. Things look pretty bleak until Prince Ramsey shows up to have her family make shoes for his ball. He brings his own personal cook, Henry, with. Henry and Louella form a fast friendship. Soon time is running out. The ball is upon them, and they won’t have much time left to spend together. Will Henry be able to rescue Louella from her step-family’s clutches? Or will she go on suffering in their grasp?
I liked Louella’s character. She is a little spitfire. Short stories are always harder for me to rate. I did enjoy this story. It was cute and fun. The author has potential, and I will be looking for other books by her.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – still is a favorite.