‘For when those who mattered had their say, the fairy tales didn’t happen that way.’ The stories have all been written. Cinderella will marry a prince, allowing her to escape her heartless family. A prince will scale Rapunzel’s tower, eventually freeing her from the control of her sorceress mother. It will take the kiss of a prince to awaken Snow White, and they will ride off on his white horse. Right? Wrong. When Cinderella breaks an unknown rule and flees Prince Charming, the next thing she knows she is crossing into kingdoms she was never meant to discover, and encountering individuals whose existence she was never supposed to know about, including Rapunzel, Snow White and the dwarves: Big Papa, Chauncy, Mo, Sponk, Tater, Esteban, and Baby G. At first it all seems a fantastic adventure, but it doesn’t take long to realize that Cinderella’s joyful abandon is not sitting well with everyone. Snow White’s stepmother, the beautiful but cruel Queen Ino, now wants all three of the girls dead, but she is only a servant to the master plan. Something deeper, darker, and much more powerful is working beneath the surface, toiling to put everything back the way it was intended. As strange things begin happening and people start to disappear, it will take all of the inhabitants of the Black Forest, both decent and depraved, to seize control of their land and their destinies.
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"She gives the familiar story a dark turn, and creates a unique overall impression." -- Writer's Digest International Book Awards, December 2005
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Women Can Be Strong. Men Can Cry. The Wicked Can Rise Up.
"Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion" is set in the Black Forest, wherein live many characters of popular German fairy tales and those of some stories not so well known.
Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Snow White’s stepmother, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, the wolf, and Jack and the giant of Beanstalk fame intermingle with characters from lesser known tales such as Little Brother and Little Sister, The Girl Without Hands, and The Juniper Tree, as well as a slew of original inhabitants.
The fairy tale characters remain faithful to the authentic unpurified folklore from which the tales were originally fashioned, though not for long. Tired of being manipulated, the rebellion of one begins a revolution for all in a tale about destiny, power, and the boxes and conditioning we must break free of in order to become what we are capable of being.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, a hero girls can identify with!,
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This review is from: Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion (Paperback)
Upon purchasing this book, I went into it expecting part Shrek, part the 10th Kingdom, part Into The Woods and part Harry Potter - what I found was that it was indeed `deliciously wicked' as described on the author's site. The book is based on the original German versions of fairytales including Cinderella and the Juniper Tree, which were a tad dark and sinister. The book starts like any other fairytale but quickly take an unexpected turn when Cinderella flees the prince instead of going to him. This catapults the land of happily ever after, known as `the Black Forest,' into chaos that makes its creator, Grimm, none too pleased. Apparently Cinderella wasn't designed to have freewill, but she discovered it and this one action of fleeing the prince make it possible for her to travel through all of the kingdoms of the Black Forest and into the stories of the other inhabitants, including Rapunzel, Snow White and the dwarves as they've never been seen before, Hansel & Gretel, the 3 little pigs, Jack and his beanstalk - complete with giant, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, as well as some new and instantly loveable characters such as Caratasa the sprite and Norco and Togo, who always seem to behave in a humorously strange way. Cinderella's actions upset the master plan of the creator, who sends his more sinister creations, including Snow White's beautifully wicked stepmother Queen Ino, after Cinderella so that he can set things back in their original place. But Cinderella and her new friends don't want to go back to their original stories. They want to be able to seamlessly travel between kingdoms, which they could not previously do. To teach Cinderella a lesson, Grimm starts to exercise his powers to put things back to the way they were and a frantic Cinderella leads a forest-wide rebellion to try to defeat Grimm and rescue the missing inhabitants of the Black Forest. But Queen Ino is also leading a group of the more malicious inhabitants of the Black Forest to the same battle.
I loved this book and was unable to put it down. The author had me laughing hysterically at Cinderella's merciless teasing of the dwarves and biting my nails as I waited to see if Cinderella could survive the Gulf of Broken Dreams to rescue Rapunzel. I say, let this Cinderella be the heroine of a new generation of girls!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
That's right, women are smarter!,
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This review is from: Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion (Paperback)
I was sad to reach the end of the story.This book has all the great elements I need, humor, sadness, darkness, and most of all, a satisfying ending. Cinderella is an interesting character, strong, willful, and powerful. Riley better hurry up and write another book soon.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Subtle Humor,
This review is from: Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion (Paperback)
I could not put this book down! I was intrigued by the author's twists on old fairytales and their characters. I also enjoyed the new characters introduced,(well some of them)! I was not very fond of Grimm. Caratasa was one of my favorite new characters. The subtle humor throughout this book was enough to keep me so interested I could not wait to read the next chapter. The storyline was captivating.
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