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samoaphoenix

June 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM UTC


The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder is mostly a Cinderella retelling, though it is spun with Beauty and the Beast–Cinderella’s Prince Charming is actually one of her rat friends who has been helping her survive her stepmother’s cruelty. It’s aimed at middle graders, so it’s squeaky (ha!) clean and quite cute.

Elisabeth

June 10, 2020 at 08:02 PM UTC


I loved cinders by Finley Aaron. Cinderella is an awesome swordsman who kicks butt and goes about in disguise as a boy

Marina Bair

June 05, 2020 at 07:02 AM UTC


So. Many. Books. I have not read! 😲😵😱
Well, time to get to work! 😂

Eleniel

June 04, 2020 at 08:52 PM UTC


Oh my gosh, yes, the prince in Cinderella is so useless! The ball in the movie wasn’t even a masquerade- couldn’t he at least look at the ladies first and rule out a ton of them because they look nothing like his mystery girl? I loved the twist you gave Cinderella and the Colonel. I originally read it when I was new to your books, and didn’t trust your writing like I do now. I wasn’t a fan of Friedrich and assumed the worst of him due to reading from the perspective of Cinderella’s prejudice. I didn’t want her to end up with a womanizing, flirtatious rogue. But on my reread, I saw everything through the light of knowing the real circumstances, and CatC is now one of my favorite books. I love the added nuance to a well known story, and the new aspect of practicality in a usually whimsical tale. It gave it such a different feel!

Katrina

June 03, 2020 at 02:38 AM UTC


Cinderella: Ninja Warrior by Maureen McGowan is really good too!

Merie Shen

June 02, 2020 at 05:28 AM UTC


I’ve read so many of these! I love Cinderella the fairytale but I’m usually wary of retellings because there are SO MANY. I love Tricia Mingerink’s, Kaylin Lee’s, and Allison Tebo’s– all unique worlds and fun twists on the story! Also, Identity by Camille Peters is a retelling of “The Goose Girl”? It’s a great fairytale retelling, just not of Cinderella 🙃

Vin

June 01, 2020 at 11:00 PM UTC


Cindersteller by J. M. Page is a fun scifi retelling that I enjoyed.

Chloey

June 03, 2020 at 08:16 PM UTC


Definitely, I love how J.M. Page took fairytales and gave them a sci-fi twist.

Vin

June 04, 2020 at 04:22 AM UTC


I know! I tried some other authors that got recommended after reading her books…. but some were a bit too spicy for me.

Shay

June 01, 2020 at 09:51 PM UTC


I was kinda surprised at how many of these I’ve already read, considering that Cinderella isn’t my favorite, but I apparently love a lot of retellings. Cinderella and the Colonel are hands down my favorite though! The Jenni James one got me into reading a lot of fairy tales so I def recommend that. Cinder by Marissa Meyers is great in a futuristic science-fiction-y twist of it! Those were my favorites. But I also want to throw another out there that’s really good if you want more of an almost urban fantasy feel is the City of Wishes by Rachel Morgan. It’s completed (and the first three books are free right now!! not on KU though…)

Kinshuk

June 02, 2020 at 09:50 PM UTC


Is it clean?

Shay

June 03, 2020 at 07:20 AM UTC


Yes it is!

Kinshuk

June 03, 2020 at 07:26 AM UTC


Thanks!

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Shay

June 03, 2020 at 07:26 AM UTC


Something I did forget to mention it started as 6 serials or smaller books but it is in one complete book as well if you don’t want to do 6 little books

Cinderella Retellings

I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning over the past few months, so I thought it was a good time to give homage to the fairy tale heroine who does the most cleaning: Cinderella.

As a fun side note, while I enjoy the Disney movie, I am an active anti-fan of Cinderella’s prince because he is so useless! This is the main reason why I gave the prince in my retelling (Colonel Fredrick) a much more active role. My fairy tale retelling of Cinderella is #3 in the Timeless Fairy Tales series, and you can find Angelique’s side of the story in: Curse of Magic!

But back to the retelling list! I’ll start with some of my favorite Cinderella retellings, followed by tons more suggestions from the Facebook Champions.


Here are my favorite Cinderella stories:


Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine – Can a Cinderella retelling be more perfect than this story? Tons of fun world building in this book as well (the movie doesn’t give it justice).


Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix – Unusual in that it tells the story of what comes after the big slipper reveal. The book cover makes it look like a modern story but it’s actually a typical YA epic fantasy world setting.


The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey  – This retelling isn’t squeaky clean, but it’s a fun reimagining of Cinderella that puts a really interesting twist the typical fairy tale world retellings take place in.

And of course, there is Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea  🙂 (Buwahah, yes, a daring plug of my own story.)

If that wasn’t enough for you here are more suggestions from Facebook!


Note that I didn’t include any books that were labeled as definitely not clean. I also had problems finding several of the suggestions on Goodreads (maybe they are known by a different title?) so if you’re looking for even more suggestions you can check out the comments on the Facebook post.


Cinderella Retellings Facebook List:

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