Read Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale Timeless Fairy Tales Volume 3 K M Shea Books
Download As PDF : Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale Timeless Fairy Tales Volume 3 K M Shea Books
Cinderella may be a duchess, but her life is in tatters. Orphaned, destitute, and living in a country recovering from a hostile takeover, Cinderella is desperate to save her lands and servants. She is so determined that when terrible taxes are placed upon her, she dons servants’ clothes and works like a commoner. Unfortunately, her sacrifices aren’t enough, and she is given one season to pay off her debt. All seems lost, until Cinderella is befriended by the debonair Colonel Friedrich—a member of the Erlauf military and a citizen of the oppressing country that rules her homeland. Though Friedrich shamelessly flirts with her and pesters her at all hours all the day, Cinderella wonders if he is more than he appears to be…and if together they could unite their lands against the bitterness and resentment that threatens to destroy them. CINDERELLA AND THE COLONEL is fairy tale retelling of love, sacrifice, adventure, and magic. It is filled with humor, deception, and clean romance, and it belongs to the best selling series, TIMELESS FAIRY TALES. The books in this series take place in the same world and can be read all together, or as individual, stand-alone books. If you love sweet romances and magical adventures, download a sample or buy CINDERELLA AND THE COLONEL today!
Read Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale Timeless Fairy Tales Volume 3 K M Shea Books
"Let me start out by saying that I really enjoyed the Timeless Fairy Tales series for the most part. I read the first one (Beauty and the Beast) for free on my Kindle and adored it. It was a well written, wonderfully re-imagined telling of one of my favorite stories, and I immediately bought the rest of the series as soon as I completed it . As soon as I finish writing this I plan on heading over there and writing a 5-star review. I just finished the last currently published one (Puss in Boots) and it was easily my second favorite of the whole series.
Now let's talk about Cinderella and the Colonel. I would never have finished this book if I hadn't liked the first two well enough that I wanted to continue the series. Because each books is mentioned at least slightly in the following books, I was afraid I'd miss a major plot point if I didn't make it through this one. It was physically painful for me to read this book. I would get so upset I'd get headaches and have to put the book down, only managing about a quarter to half a chapter at a time. (So far I have not noticed anything in the following books that I would have been confused over had I not read this)
Now let's talk about why. I will try to make it relatively spoiler free, but read with caution. Cinderella starts out as a wonderfully strong female lead (as is a fantastic trend in these books). She is painted as loyal, independent, capable, and steadfast. Then we get the Colonel. He completely ignores her personal boundaries, straight out refusals, and basically anything else out of her mouth. And against her character, she accepts it. She lets him completely disregard her and push her into things she doesn't want to do as if she had the steadfastness of a noodle. This harsh contrast with how the character of Cinderella was initially portrayed and how the author continues to try and tell us she is, and how the Colonel completely walks all over her, stalks her, and then basically demands she love him and tells his friends he'll 'wear her down', is irritating and best, and infuriating at worst.
If you watched Beauty and the Beast (Disney Version) as a child, but always wanted Gaston to win, this book is for you.
That said: I heartily recommend both the Beauty and the Beast and Puss in Boots retellings from this series."
Product details
|
Tags : Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale (Timeless Fairy Tales) (Volume 3) (9781517143183) K. M. Shea Books,K. M. Shea,Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale (Timeless Fairy Tales) (Volume 3),CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,1517143187,Fairy Tales Folklore - Adaptations,Children Young Adult (Gr. 7-9),JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales Folklore / Adaptations,YOUNG ADULT FICTION,Young Adult Fiction / Fairy Tales Folklore / Adaptations,Fiction / Romance / Fantasy,Juvenile Fiction / Royalty
Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale Timeless Fairy Tales Volume 3 K M Shea Books Reviews :
Cinderella and the Colonel A Timeless Fairy Tale Timeless Fairy Tales Volume 3 K M Shea Books Reviews
- Let me start out by saying that I really enjoyed the Timeless Fairy Tales series for the most part. I read the first one (Beauty and the Beast) for free on my and adored it. It was a well written, wonderfully re-imagined telling of one of my favorite stories, and I immediately bought the rest of the series as soon as I completed it . As soon as I finish writing this I plan on heading over there and writing a 5-star review. I just finished the last currently published one (Puss in Boots) and it was easily my second favorite of the whole series.
Now let's talk about Cinderella and the Colonel. I would never have finished this book if I hadn't liked the first two well enough that I wanted to continue the series. Because each books is mentioned at least slightly in the following books, I was afraid I'd miss a major plot point if I didn't make it through this one. It was physically painful for me to read this book. I would get so upset I'd get headaches and have to put the book down, only managing about a quarter to half a chapter at a time. (So far I have not noticed anything in the following books that I would have been confused over had I not read this)
Now let's talk about why. I will try to make it relatively spoiler free, but read with caution. Cinderella starts out as a wonderfully strong female lead (as is a fantastic trend in these books). She is painted as loyal, independent, capable, and steadfast. Then we get the Colonel. He completely ignores her personal boundaries, straight out refusals, and basically anything else out of her mouth. And against her character, she accepts it. She lets him completely disregard her and push her into things she doesn't want to do as if she had the steadfastness of a noodle. This harsh contrast with how the character of Cinderella was initially portrayed and how the author continues to try and tell us she is, and how the Colonel completely walks all over her, stalks her, and then basically demands she love him and tells his friends he'll 'wear her down', is irritating and best, and infuriating at worst.
If you watched Beauty and the Beast (Disney Version) as a child, but always wanted Gaston to win, this book is for you.
That said I heartily recommend both the Beauty and the Beast and Puss in Boots retellings from this series. - Once again K.M. Shea has struck again with an excellent retelling of a fairytale! The imaginative version is Cinderella was fantastic! I loved the subtle connection to the other 2 books, as I enjoyed those two as well. Cinderella is one of my favorite fairytale, and retellings can be done very well or very poorly. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Duchess Cinderella has done everything in her power to keep her father's estate from ruin with all the taxes set upon the conquered territory of Trieux by Eulauf. Harvesting a hatred for the royalty of Eulauf who caused her, her property, and her servants so much pain, she is surprised when an officer from Eulauf takes interest in her.
I liked this version since it is so different from the original. Cinderella is acts as a servant for the betterment of her property, and the step-mother and step-sisters took an extremely backseat position in the storyline. They were almost victims in their own right. The character growth in both Cinderella and the Colonel was great. They both realize their faults and misconceptions about each other and each other's land. And, as usual for Ms. Shea, there was a twist at the end which is always my favorite part of her books. Make sure you read her other two books in this series before this, because not only are they fantastic books, they help set up some knowledge of the land this story takes place on. Also, I would like to mention that beside light kissing, there is no sexual content in the book (that's the #1 thing I look for in a book review) - 2.5 stars
For me, this was a "turn off my brain and enjoy" book that left me smiling. The writing is stronger than I expected at first but still less than I'd expect from a traditionally published novel--solid, though. Uses a lot of popular fiction tropes but has arranged them in a surprising/fresh way given it's a Cinderella fairy tale. I've also never read the "woman trying to maintain her household in a conquered nation" plot outside of Gone with the Wind before.
Biggest Pro A Cinderella with real agency and complexity, who's busy actually doing a wide variety of things. Some of those things are over the top and not terribly convincing, or just outright cliche, but I'm not going to lie--I was a little in love with her myself. She's the sort of larger-than-life but still flawed and unique character who I can really see as heroic and look up to.
Biggest Con It's a relatively mild version of the traditional abusive stalker romance plot. The Colonel forces his attentions upon Cinderella, who for a long time outright hates him and just tolerates him because his military rank means she has to, until she gives in. I really hate the urge to make a strong female character and then have a male who doesn't take no for an answer break her, but this one wasn't as bad as some others since (a) she's a real strong character and not a faux one, and (b) he isn't physically violent toward her. The last novel I read was much worse in this respect, which is probably why I was able to overlook the fault here.
I'd recommend for someone obsessed with fairy tale retellings but wouldn't recommend for children since I'd be concerned about it socializing them into accepting/expecting/romanticizing boundary violations. There are much more intellectually and emotionally satisfying books out there in this genre but I could see myself getting into this author because she's prolific and has that surprising spark of creativity and charisma that I kind of like even more in rough form than in more sophisticated writing.
