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Spellster Universe #0.7
Someone Else's Shoes
Stepping out in borrowed shoes has never been so dangerous.
Stripped of her inheritance as a child by a greedy stepmother, Alla’s future hovers between drudgery and slavery. Having spent years toiling in the mansion that was once her happy home, tending to her stepmother’s every whim, she has long since put aside any thoughts of a better future.
When a chance encounter in the marketplace leaves her with an invitation to the upcoming ball, her only opportunity to play out an old dream of seeing inside the palace walls is by being someone she’s not. A farce that could see her executed or sold.
But will she be able to maintain the illusion once she meets Princess Viktoriya?
*Originally part of the USA Today Bestselling Once Upon Another World Box Set*
Stripped of her inheritance as a child by a greedy stepmother, Alla’s future hovers between drudgery and slavery. Having spent years toiling in the mansion that was once her happy home, tending to her stepmother’s every whim, she has long since put aside any thoughts of a better future.
When a chance encounter in the marketplace leaves her with an invitation to the upcoming ball, her only opportunity to play out an old dream of seeing inside the palace walls is by being someone she’s not. A farce that could see her executed or sold.
But will she be able to maintain the illusion once she meets Princess Viktoriya?
*Originally part of the USA Today Bestselling Once Upon Another World Box Set*
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Aldrea Alien
17 books189 followersMother. Animal lover. Vampire. Fangirl.
Aldrea Alien is a multi-award-winning, USA Today Bestselling, bisexual and genderfluid author from New Zealand. She writes fantasy romance of varying heat levels and sexualities.
She grew up on a small farm out the back blocks of a place known as Wainuiomata alongside a menagerie of animals, who are all convinced they're just as human as the next person (especially the cats). She spent a great deal of her childhood riding horses, whilst the rest of her time was consumed with reading every fantasy book she could get her hands on and concocting ideas about a little planet known as Thardrandia. This would prove to be the start of The Rogue King Saga as, come her twelfth year, she discovered there was a book inside her.
Aldrea now lives in Upper Hutt, on yet another small farm with a less hectic, but still egotistical, group of animals (cats will be cats). She still hasn't yet found an off switch to give her an ounce of peace from the characters plaguing her mind, a list that grows bigger every year with all of them clamouring for her to tell their story first. It's a lot of people for one head.
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Aldrea Alien is a multi-award-winning, USA Today Bestselling, bisexual and genderfluid author from New Zealand. She writes fantasy romance of varying heat levels and sexualities.
She grew up on a small farm out the back blocks of a place known as Wainuiomata alongside a menagerie of animals, who are all convinced they're just as human as the next person (especially the cats). She spent a great deal of her childhood riding horses, whilst the rest of her time was consumed with reading every fantasy book she could get her hands on and concocting ideas about a little planet known as Thardrandia. This would prove to be the start of The Rogue King Saga as, come her twelfth year, she discovered there was a book inside her.
Aldrea now lives in Upper Hutt, on yet another small farm with a less hectic, but still egotistical, group of animals (cats will be cats). She still hasn't yet found an off switch to give her an ounce of peace from the characters plaguing her mind, a list that grows bigger every year with all of them clamouring for her to tell their story first. It's a lot of people for one head.
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November 26, 2021
I love queer fairy tale retellings, I did enjoy this for the most part overall - however there was some depth that only just seemed to begin, as it was to end - so it was a bit too fleeting.
I adored the trans rep here, but I don't want to give too much away!
Our MC Alla, is our Cinderella. The story tale is reasonably the same as old, with an evil step-mother and her equally wicked step-sisters, abusing and using Alla up as a slave. The backstory for Alla and her mother is different, with them being Elven, and this land is at odds politically since elves and half-breeds are often treated as slaves, but some are trying to change that. Magic is highly regulated. There's a large serfdom in the kingdom. Etc.
I did so love Alla and Vik meeting, and the subsequent story at the castle, and learning about more magics and issues in their Kingdom - but that is where it ended - just as it was getting truly interesting. Just with that taste for something more, never fully established.
I see the author has several short stories and books in this world. I'm noticing a few authors doing this lately, and I have to admit my utter frustration at it. Where it seems authors aren't fully realizing their series and mapping them out appropriately to make a cohesive arc and jumping about in the worlds created with various pairings to try and engage interest in a series that otherwise may not be in the genre you read. In this case the main stories are MM. A genre I will simply never read. So it does makes it feel a tiny bit of a bait and switch. I dunno, maybe I'm just overly disappointed.
I would very much like to know more about this world, But I'm now suspicious after seeing a fair few authors doing this, and seeing the stories seemingly not having a clear end or arc. Getting more and more convoluted extra side-stories and prequels tacked on, in a hopes to garner interest in a main story or series outside of our preferred genres.
I don't mean to dump on this author in particular, it's just something I'm seeing far too often now, and have been bitten by. AL Lester and their books, also comes to mind doing this similar thing. Just to mention another, so it doesn't appear like I am dogpiling on one individual.
I adored the trans rep here, but I don't want to give too much away!
Our MC Alla, is our Cinderella. The story tale is reasonably the same as old, with an evil step-mother and her equally wicked step-sisters, abusing and using Alla up as a slave. The backstory for Alla and her mother is different, with them being Elven, and this land is at odds politically since elves and half-breeds are often treated as slaves, but some are trying to change that. Magic is highly regulated. There's a large serfdom in the kingdom. Etc.
I did so love Alla and Vik meeting, and the subsequent story at the castle, and learning about more magics and issues in their Kingdom - but that is where it ended - just as it was getting truly interesting. Just with that taste for something more, never fully established.
I see the author has several short stories and books in this world. I'm noticing a few authors doing this lately, and I have to admit my utter frustration at it. Where it seems authors aren't fully realizing their series and mapping them out appropriately to make a cohesive arc and jumping about in the worlds created with various pairings to try and engage interest in a series that otherwise may not be in the genre you read. In this case the main stories are MM. A genre I will simply never read. So it does makes it feel a tiny bit of a bait and switch. I dunno, maybe I'm just overly disappointed.
I would very much like to know more about this world, But I'm now suspicious after seeing a fair few authors doing this, and seeing the stories seemingly not having a clear end or arc. Getting more and more convoluted extra side-stories and prequels tacked on, in a hopes to garner interest in a main story or series outside of our preferred genres.
I don't mean to dump on this author in particular, it's just something I'm seeing far too often now, and have been bitten by. AL Lester and their books, also comes to mind doing this similar thing. Just to mention another, so it doesn't appear like I am dogpiling on one individual.
November 24, 2021
I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of Someone Else's Shoes in exchange for an honest review.
Someone Else's Shoes follows twenty-one-year-old Alla who lives in the fantasy world of the Niholian Empire, which, in the words of the Princess, is a 'broken' system where serfdom and slavery are present and there is discrimination against the elven. After the loss of her mother, her father believes he has no choice but to marry again to a woman who treats Alla no better than a slave herself, harbouring no form of respect foe her. So, yes, it has every element of the traditional Cinderella but in a masterful world that Alien has made her own, incorporating other powerful issues along the way.
The novella is a part of a series and I do feel as if some of the worldbuilding does require a little further explanation if you are unfamiliar with it. The world is full of these spellsters that, of course, the whole series is based around. You don't really get too much of an explanation of them in the novella, and I'm sure those who have read other books in the series will be aware of what they are, but as someone who has just read the novella, they're completely new. You can make assumptions, though, so I would say that you can read the novella without any serious confusion about the world (which, as I have said, is an extraordinary one, Alien's creativity is fantastic) but there will be some places you may need additional context in.
However, I did really enjoy this read; it has diverse characters, a transgender love interest, and you can see references to different cultures from reality pieced together in this original world. I am always up for a sapphic read, tempt me with anything sapphic and I will go for it, but Alla and Vik were great. I feel like it was just a fantastic twist on Cindrella that we need in the twenty first century. If you've read Cinderella is Dead and think you've had your fill on sapphic Cinderella retellings, you haven't. Someone Else's Shoes takes a completely different spin on it and both deserve merit in the ways that they have taken a concept and made it special for a modern audience.
The novella, of course, being a novella, has short, simple writing which makes it an easy read. It is definitely a book that you can go back to as a comfort read if you're wanting something soft to perk your mood up on a rainy day and it doesn't end on a cliffhanger, although I would love to see a continuation of Alla and Vik's story.
You should definitely give this a go!
Someone Else's Shoes follows twenty-one-year-old Alla who lives in the fantasy world of the Niholian Empire, which, in the words of the Princess, is a 'broken' system where serfdom and slavery are present and there is discrimination against the elven. After the loss of her mother, her father believes he has no choice but to marry again to a woman who treats Alla no better than a slave herself, harbouring no form of respect foe her. So, yes, it has every element of the traditional Cinderella but in a masterful world that Alien has made her own, incorporating other powerful issues along the way.
The novella is a part of a series and I do feel as if some of the worldbuilding does require a little further explanation if you are unfamiliar with it. The world is full of these spellsters that, of course, the whole series is based around. You don't really get too much of an explanation of them in the novella, and I'm sure those who have read other books in the series will be aware of what they are, but as someone who has just read the novella, they're completely new. You can make assumptions, though, so I would say that you can read the novella without any serious confusion about the world (which, as I have said, is an extraordinary one, Alien's creativity is fantastic) but there will be some places you may need additional context in.
However, I did really enjoy this read; it has diverse characters, a transgender love interest, and you can see references to different cultures from reality pieced together in this original world. I am always up for a sapphic read, tempt me with anything sapphic and I will go for it, but Alla and Vik were great. I feel like it was just a fantastic twist on Cindrella that we need in the twenty first century. If you've read Cinderella is Dead and think you've had your fill on sapphic Cinderella retellings, you haven't. Someone Else's Shoes takes a completely different spin on it and both deserve merit in the ways that they have taken a concept and made it special for a modern audience.
The novella, of course, being a novella, has short, simple writing which makes it an easy read. It is definitely a book that you can go back to as a comfort read if you're wanting something soft to perk your mood up on a rainy day and it doesn't end on a cliffhanger, although I would love to see a continuation of Alla and Vik's story.
You should definitely give this a go!
January 21, 2022
A sweet romance
A fairy tale retelling so we all know how it goes, with a deliciously evil stepmother. I liked how the author put the tale into her world, and the setting was gorgeously described. Some "summarised" plot moments, which makes it a quick read, but enjoyable nonetheless. Ideal for sweet readers.
A fairy tale retelling so we all know how it goes, with a deliciously evil stepmother. I liked how the author put the tale into her world, and the setting was gorgeously described. Some "summarised" plot moments, which makes it a quick read, but enjoyable nonetheless. Ideal for sweet readers.
July 16, 2025
Stars: 4 Stars
Format: Digital
Series: Princesses of the Sands Book 1
Steam Level: Suggestive
This is the first book I’ve read from this author and I was pleasantly surprised how much fun this was along with dramatic. I’ve read a lot of ‘meh’ retellings but this was no where near that category.
Quick Thoughts:
- I always want to clock evil, entitled, family members
- Seeing how horrible and broken the world of this fairytale is, makes everything that Alla goes through believable in a way a perfect fairytale world doesn’t
- Loved, loved, loved that Alla only saw Vic as female from the jump and became confused when people around Alla said prince
- How the classic story was reworked was smartly done
- Loved how the importance of glass shoes were reimagined an given more significance
- The ending was great and I loved that Alla wasn’t wishy washy about what should happen to her stepfamily. It felt very Brothers Grimm like
- There were no on page love scenes but it’s made crystal clear that they are sexually attracted to each other and have been intimate before the wedding
- The reason I didn’t give five stars is that the story doesn’t feel finished. There were some plot points that are not resolved and it wasn’t made clear before reading this that the book is part of a larger universe. Unfortunately, I just don’t have spare time to invest in a new, larger series. I’m still glad I read this though and will keep this universe on my radar in the future
Overall this was an enjoyable book. I wish it had a more complete feel to it and that it was made clearer this story was set in an established universe but at least I had no trouble catching onto things. Lovely read by an author I will most likely pick up again.
Format: Digital
Series: Princesses of the Sands Book 1
Steam Level: Suggestive
This is the first book I’ve read from this author and I was pleasantly surprised how much fun this was along with dramatic. I’ve read a lot of ‘meh’ retellings but this was no where near that category.
Quick Thoughts:
- I always want to clock evil, entitled, family members
- Seeing how horrible and broken the world of this fairytale is, makes everything that Alla goes through believable in a way a perfect fairytale world doesn’t
- Loved, loved, loved that Alla only saw Vic as female from the jump and became confused when people around Alla said prince
- How the classic story was reworked was smartly done
- Loved how the importance of glass shoes were reimagined an given more significance
- The ending was great and I loved that Alla wasn’t wishy washy about what should happen to her stepfamily. It felt very Brothers Grimm like
- There were no on page love scenes but it’s made crystal clear that they are sexually attracted to each other and have been intimate before the wedding
- The reason I didn’t give five stars is that the story doesn’t feel finished. There were some plot points that are not resolved and it wasn’t made clear before reading this that the book is part of a larger universe. Unfortunately, I just don’t have spare time to invest in a new, larger series. I’m still glad I read this though and will keep this universe on my radar in the future
Overall this was an enjoyable book. I wish it had a more complete feel to it and that it was made clearer this story was set in an established universe but at least I had no trouble catching onto things. Lovely read by an author I will most likely pick up again.
November 27, 2021
New to the author, and therefore new to their Spellster series, this standalone may well convince me to read more! (Thanks for the ARC opportunity!)
A spin on a classic, well known fairytale (Cinderella), the characters are believable, and relatable and the story was easy to get into and read. This book tackles issues in their society that reflects our own, that are worth discussion, and highlights them. Handling sensitive to some topics is not easy, but there's no big song and dance, and the big reveal in this book in relation to one of the characters is done in a way that doesn't put too much pressure on it, and makes no massive deal out of it. Other themes are handled too, and again, with the same care, and none of it is glorified. The Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters are easily disliked, and have very little redeeming about them. It's nice to read a retelling where you know what's going to happen, but then are pleasantly surprised when it doesn't happen as expected. There's no need to have read any of the other books in this world, and gladly there was not a lot of complicated exposition to be revealed, you could jump straight in and pick up everything after a chapter or so in.
It wraps up well, although the final chapter is a bit of a jump of theme, and took me out of the story briefly, but the epilogue brings everything together nicely and I was sad to not know more about Alla's happy ending and her future!
A spin on a classic, well known fairytale (Cinderella), the characters are believable, and relatable and the story was easy to get into and read. This book tackles issues in their society that reflects our own, that are worth discussion, and highlights them. Handling sensitive to some topics is not easy, but there's no big song and dance, and the big reveal in this book in relation to one of the characters is done in a way that doesn't put too much pressure on it, and makes no massive deal out of it. Other themes are handled too, and again, with the same care, and none of it is glorified. The Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters are easily disliked, and have very little redeeming about them. It's nice to read a retelling where you know what's going to happen, but then are pleasantly surprised when it doesn't happen as expected. There's no need to have read any of the other books in this world, and gladly there was not a lot of complicated exposition to be revealed, you could jump straight in and pick up everything after a chapter or so in.
It wraps up well, although the final chapter is a bit of a jump of theme, and took me out of the story briefly, but the epilogue brings everything together nicely and I was sad to not know more about Alla's happy ending and her future!
August 2, 2024
Alla faced not only a cruel stepmother and stepsisters, but a harsh world with a slave collar around her neck and constant browbeating for being elven. Her allies have to be covert about helping her and she has to be covert about helping others in the shadows. Her stepmother is ready to torment her for any sign of impertinence which no one can stop, until she meets Victoriya.
There’s a lot of abuse which Alla answers to in kind at the end with a vehemence I found startling, until her collar came off, revealing another layer to the abuse in what she’d been cut off from. The way Alla’s powers worked and how they connected with other and the land was overwhelming, sensual, terrifying, and strangely comforting.
Viktoriya was a mystery which revealed herself layer by layer, intensifying the steam between Alla and herself, while helping Alla to discover herself. It was an exquisite journey of intimacy where Alla and Vik healed and helped each other, bringing out each other’s power.
I was left with a feeling of hope that no matter what awaited the princess and her bride in the future, they would face it with courage. Together they will do great things they might not have been capable of apart, offering each other strength in the challenges in accepting who they are and what they need to do.
There’s a lot of abuse which Alla answers to in kind at the end with a vehemence I found startling, until her collar came off, revealing another layer to the abuse in what she’d been cut off from. The way Alla’s powers worked and how they connected with other and the land was overwhelming, sensual, terrifying, and strangely comforting.
Viktoriya was a mystery which revealed herself layer by layer, intensifying the steam between Alla and herself, while helping Alla to discover herself. It was an exquisite journey of intimacy where Alla and Vik healed and helped each other, bringing out each other’s power.
I was left with a feeling of hope that no matter what awaited the princess and her bride in the future, they would face it with courage. Together they will do great things they might not have been capable of apart, offering each other strength in the challenges in accepting who they are and what they need to do.
November 26, 2021
This is a highly readable twist on the Cinderella story that folds together a complex society with nuanced power dynamics, a protagonist who has to navigate them (Alla’s awesome, and the world she inhabits is deeply interesting, if rife with inequity), and a compelling love interest. There are plenty of interesting moments in this story, but for me the ball where Viktoriya and Alla dance and Alla realizes how much they have in common— the shared experience of having had to hide their real selves— as well as how different their lives really are, was one of the most memorable. Alla and Vik worked so well together that I really enjoyed every minute of the story, as well as, of course, the happily ever after.
*I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
*I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 6, 2021
Cinderella rewritten well. I throughly enjoyed this retelling of the story so many grew up hearing/seeing/reading. Unexpected bits delighted and changed the story up while still seeming a bit familiar. My favorite line, not a spoiler exactly so I think it will be okay to post here, ""Wickedness", said Princes Viktoriya, "come not only from those who wield the whip, but also in those who hold the power to stop injustice and choose not to. Either one of you had the chance. Your lack of compassion stains your souls to the core.""
A short story that will lead me to read more by this author and more in this world that is built up in this novella.
A short story that will lead me to read more by this author and more in this world that is built up in this novella.
July 11, 2024
Alla is treated like a slave by her cruel stepmother. Any hope for a better future has nearly been squashed, but when she receives an invitation to the royal ball, she's determined to have one night of fantasy. She's swept off her feet by Princess Viktoriya and the princess isn't going to let Alla go so easily.
This is a marvelous queer retelling of Cinderella. Alla immediately won me over with her ingenuity and big heart. Her evil stepmother has locked her magic and tried to strip all hope and joy from her. Yet Alla still has that light within her. I love the strength and daring of Viktoriya too. The story is full of heart.
This is a marvelous queer retelling of Cinderella. Alla immediately won me over with her ingenuity and big heart. Her evil stepmother has locked her magic and tried to strip all hope and joy from her. Yet Alla still has that light within her. I love the strength and daring of Viktoriya too. The story is full of heart.
June 13, 2022
If you are looking for a an empowering Cinderella retelling, this story has the morality of the Grimm stories, romantic elements of mouseworld, and the packaging that is otherworldly elfin, and the most redeeming characters are drawn more to persons than packages.
I would have loved a story like this as a teen - the elements are more telling and powerful, and than gratuitously pc.
Dramatic action and adventures in an out of this world setting.
I would very much like to read more from this author!
I would have loved a story like this as a teen - the elements are more telling and powerful, and than gratuitously pc.
Dramatic action and adventures in an out of this world setting.
I would very much like to read more from this author!
November 26, 2021
I've read several m/m retellings of Cinderella, but his is my first FF version and it is wonderful. The author has delved deeply into issues of power/powerlessness in both family relationships and within the wider world that has been created and when Alla and Vik get together and start to both discuss and embody some of these inequalities things get really interesting. World building and character development are first rate.
November 26, 2021
This was a wonderful twisted Cinderella story. I really enjoyed all the details of the backstory which really made the book much more enjoyable. It was very easy to read and I read it in about 2 days. There were quite a few plot twists that I didn’t expect and I was very impressed with them as well. All in all, it’s a great book to relax and read on the weekend and feel great too.
August 19, 2024
Cinderella, a nice version.
I have read a few versions of Cinderella, and loved them all.
I know I’m a big softy at heart.
If you are a fairytale reader you won’t be disappointed with Someone Else’s Shoes.
You will enjoy it.
I have read a few versions of Cinderella, and loved them all.
I know I’m a big softy at heart.
If you are a fairytale reader you won’t be disappointed with Someone Else’s Shoes.
You will enjoy it.
November 25, 2024
Cinderella story but with a twist
I liked this version of cinderella story but with elves and magic. I really enjoyed reading it. There is also trans representation. I love it just the way it was written. Queer fairy tale retelling.
I liked this version of cinderella story but with elves and magic. I really enjoyed reading it. There is also trans representation. I love it just the way it was written. Queer fairy tale retelling.
September 16, 2024
For anyone who knows me I am always up for a Cinderella retelling, this one was a saffic retelling and I really enjoyed it but I have to say there were moments of what did I read especially with the Princess character. I felt like it had the basic of the Cinderella fairytale with the main character Alla also being of a kind nature which you see many moments within the book, but unlike the fairytale telling, we have no fairy godmother or magic of turning pumpkins into carriage or into creating a dress, but we do have it where everyone has magic of some sort, or it has been suppressed with a choker as like with Alla. I also really like the concept of having Elven blood which gave a different side to the poor or riff raff, but also meant our main character got treated different for being a half bred human/elf.
Stepping out in borrowed shoes has never been so dangerous.
Stripped of her inheritance as a child by a greedy stepmother, Alla's future hovers between drudgery and slavery. Having spent years toiling in the mansion that was once her happy home, tending to her stepmother's every whim, she has long since put aside any thoughts of a better future.
When a chance encounter in the marketplace leaves her with an invitation to the upcoming ball, her only opportunity to play out an old dream of seeing inside the palace walls is by being someone she's not. A farce that could see her executed or sold.
But will she be able to maintain the illusion once she meets Princess Viktoriya?
It was a quick book with being quite short and I did enjoy it, I just feel like there some parts where I just couldn't quite understand what I read and what that meant for the character, but good representation across the broad.
Stepping out in borrowed shoes has never been so dangerous.
Stripped of her inheritance as a child by a greedy stepmother, Alla's future hovers between drudgery and slavery. Having spent years toiling in the mansion that was once her happy home, tending to her stepmother's every whim, she has long since put aside any thoughts of a better future.
When a chance encounter in the marketplace leaves her with an invitation to the upcoming ball, her only opportunity to play out an old dream of seeing inside the palace walls is by being someone she's not. A farce that could see her executed or sold.
But will she be able to maintain the illusion once she meets Princess Viktoriya?
It was a quick book with being quite short and I did enjoy it, I just feel like there some parts where I just couldn't quite understand what I read and what that meant for the character, but good representation across the broad.
July 28, 2024
I certainly love a fairytale retelling. I will say this is my first retelling that was F/F and it was certainly interesting. And kept me engaged through the book.
However the only thing I wish was better was that there was more to the story, it felt like just when it was really getting good the book was coming to an end. And it doesn’t seem as there’s another book that continues on. As the other books in this world are stand-alone or short stories, which is a bit frustrating I won’t lie.
However the only thing I wish was better was that there was more to the story, it felt like just when it was really getting good the book was coming to an end. And it doesn’t seem as there’s another book that continues on. As the other books in this world are stand-alone or short stories, which is a bit frustrating I won’t lie.
September 22, 2025
Enjoyable sapphic retelling of Cinderalla, with some interesting (and pleasantly surprising) twists along the way. It's not overly long, but it doesn't need to be, telling an engaging tale within its length. The setting is interesting, and I would be curious to read some more sapphic tales in the same setting. No spice scenes, instead there are some sweet and adorable moments.
December 21, 2025
I do love a fairytale retelling, and having a trans character was a fun twist. I think this was my first sapphic Cinderella retelling, too.
The story itself was good, a little lacking in worldbuilding. Mostly a feel-good story, with what could only be called a fairytale ending. No spice, insta-love, FMC's took a bit to even meet. 3.25 Stars.
The story itself was good, a little lacking in worldbuilding. Mostly a feel-good story, with what could only be called a fairytale ending. No spice, insta-love, FMC's took a bit to even meet. 3.25 Stars.
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March 22, 2023Trigger & Content Warnings:
Parental abuse
Domestic violence
Parental abuse
Domestic violence
August 18, 2023
A well-written f/f version of the classic Cinderella story, but also featuring elves and trans rep!
January 3, 2026
CW: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Death Of Parent
4.5 / 5 Stars
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4.5 / 5 Stars
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August 11, 2024
A very sweet retelling of Cinderella. There were enough differences to make this a fresh and interesting take on a classic. Vik and Alla both struggled to belong, and the two of them coming together to find their place was heartwarming.
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