The story will intrigue you with its whispers of fantasy and mystery, and the colorful pictures Bayron weaves of the settings, dresses, and balls. A quick and fun read, it was a joy to follow its heroine – a young, queer, Black girl – on her quest to set things right.Īs a lesbian, I’m constantly on the lookout for books that incorporate my two favorite things – magic and LGBT characters. This exciting new YA fantasy novel dives headfirst into a society that only looks like a fairytale on the surface. She only dreams of escaping with (and marrying) her best friend, Erin, and living as her true self. She doesn’t want to attend the ball, she doesn’t want a husband, and she doesn’t want to live the life her parents and her king tell her she must. Our heroine, Sophia, wants nothing to do with the barbaric tradition young women are forced into. In the new release Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella’s death 200 years prior has led to a patriarchal and ruthless society ruled by men, where women are nothing more than prizes to be claimed at the annual ball. We all know the story of Cinderella, but what if the story we’ve learned is only just the beginning? “The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.”
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