While growing up, Odette Charming has been bullied because of her last name. It doesn’t help when her parents believe they are direct descendants from Cinderella and Prince Charming. They even have the glass slippers to prove it.Laying low and focusing her attention on her studies has been her way to cope with everything. Until the love of her life breaks up with his eternal girlfriend and Odette … girlfriend and Odette believes that with a change of attitude and a makeover Carl will finally look her way.
Even with the help of her best friend, things don’t go as planned, and Odette seeks refuge in her childhood dreams and family relics. Trying on the glass slippers of her ancestor can’t hurt, right? Not only do the slippers fit, but they give her a physical transformation and teleport her to another realm where a sad elf prince throws parties every night, hoping that his beloved will find her way to his kingdom.
Prince Edrahil has been waiting far too long for his future queen to drop on his doorstep and claim his heart. Instead, the beautiful fairy that arrives is in love with someone in her world and wants his help to conquer that person’s heart. In exchange for borrowing the magical slippers, Edrahil is willing to come to the earth realm to play matchmaker and godfather to Odette.
As their destinies drift further apart, the dark elf can only hope that Odette is happy even if that might mean his own demise.
Chasing Cinderella is a twist on the classic fairy tale that makes every girl wish for a Prince Charming. But when it comes to love, sometimes it’s hard to see past the smoke and mirrors and choose the prince that’s right for your heart.
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Overall rating: 4.6
A different type of fairytale retold, this storyline is about a descendant of Cinderella and Prince Charming. Elements from the original tale are there, but I enjoyed the creativity this author used to create a new tale. Odette seems to be the poster child for book smart but life naive. Even though I pretty much knew what direction this tale would head for, this author still managed to keep me flipping the pages happily. This is a feel good tale that does illustrate bullying and a few other important life lessons. Definitely suitable for a teen reader. All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Odette is a descendant if the Cinderella and Prince Charming. Her family even owns the glass slippers worn by Cinderella. She is ridiculed at school for her last name. She is also supposedly in love with a popular jock named Carl. She desperately wants to go to the ball with Carl. When she slips the glass slippers on, she is transported to the court of Prince Edrahil, a dark fae who believes she is his queen. She finds herself going on a personal journey to find her real Prince Charming. Interesting story
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I really enjoyed the fairytale twist this storyline had but I would have liked it better if the characters weren’t so immature. The book claims they are at university – NYU – but most of the book is shallow high school drama. The main character Odete and her best friend are very superficial and she “in love” with a guy she’s never even spoken to and knows nothing about.
The book also needed heavy editing usually I can look past a few errors but I was tripping over every paragraph. It almost seems like the book was written in another language and translated to English without anyone editing it after to smooth it out.
The first book in a new series called Fairy Tale Descendants and I know I want to read the next book A well written storyline with a great storyline. This is a twist on Cinderella and I loved it. I know I want to read this book again. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Just a bit of elvish powers.
Ms. Santos has given the reader a perfect modern version of a classic fairytale. The author has done something very unique she has blended both the present and the future in this gem. The characters are wonderful. With the tiny bit of magic, you will fall in love with this lovely story. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Odette Charming is an old fashion girl, who loves books and family. Beth is her best friend and is there for her. Carl is a football star that has any girl he wants. Odette has a huge crush on him and feels like she loves him. Prince Edrahil is a dark elf. One day Odette try’s on the glass slippers that her family owns and is transported to another realm. What does Edrahil think when she shows up? Can Edrahil help Odette get Carl? Will Edrahil find his true love with the glass slippers? Will Beth stay her best friend? Is Carl the one she things he is? Will others ever stop being mean to her?
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A lovely, family-friendly, contemporary fairytale, set at an American university, that can be read in half a day.
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I love Anna Santos’ novels so it’s no surprise that I was delighted to get my hands on Chasing Cinderella , book 1 of her new Fairy Tale Descendants series. I mean, c’mon, Odette Charming is the freakin’ direct descendant of Cinderella and Prince Charming (and her parents have the glass slippers to prove it). It doesn’t get much better than that … until it does, thanks to a best friend who happens to be related to Sleeping Beauty, accidental teleportation to another realm and her very own prince and then … well, you’ll need to find out. This book is, quite simply, extremely imaginative and superbly written. It had just what I wanted including a great plot. I frankly adore Odette and love watching her take on all comers. The rest of the cast of characters (hellooo Prince Edrahil) is pretty amazing as well. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises – the book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to book 2.
I tried to like this book. I really did. It has such a gorgeous cover and nothing but good reviews. And I love fairy tale retellings and spin-offs. But I hated Odette. She was so superficial, shallow, vain, self-centered, and clueless. She had an unhealthy obsession with clothes, looking good, and really couldn’t see anything beyond that. I really couldn’t see what she saw in Carl. As far as I could tell, she was totally obsessed with him just because he was the handsome popular star of the football team. She said he was more than that, but I never saw any hint of that. The book kept referring to her school as “university” and “college”, but it always came across as high school. It was like the author wrote the book and then decided she wanted the main character to be older, so she needed to change it to a higher school, without changing anything but the name of it. There was no mention of directed studying for a career, which is the point of college. In fact, there was no studying at all really. There was a mention of them seeing her in a bikini during class, which would never happen at the university level (high school PE, yes, but unless you’re going after a sports scholarship, it wouldn’t happen in college). She had the same classes as the cheerleaders and football players, which also wouldn’t happen unless they were following the same career path as her-or if she was going to an incredibly small private college). They also never had dances when I went through the college system. Prom in high school, yes, but not in college. Even Odette’s entire attitude, language, and boy craziness screamed high school and teenage years, rather than the more mature college years. Same with the bullying behavior of the other students. It all rings true for high school, but you’d think they’d be more focused on studying and making grades if they were college age. Even the elf prince sounded high school, especially after spending time with her. Also, she was worrying about getting in trouble with her parents after borrowing the glass slippers. (She sounded like a teenager worried about getting grounded). The story itself was just a blur of dresses, immature bullying, and droning on 24/7 about how she desperately needed to be with her football jock even though she hadn’t spoken more than a full sentence to him and him to her. And I never bought the other romance in it. There was nothing on her side to hint that she felt that way before the end scene. I did like Edrahil and his kingdom, though I wished more had been done with them to round them out within the fantasy world, which felt like a one scene TV show set.
Dressing a little different and the last name of Charming has caused a lot of bullying from clasmates.
Odette’s family even believe there descendants of Cinderella and they have a pair of glass slippers.
Trying on the slippers takes her to another world to a Prince and his Castle and she doesn’t realize what she’s found until it’s almost too late.
A Cinderella retelling with Cinderella’s descendant – brilliantly original twist on a classic tale! That, together with the contemporary twist, makes this a very different and fun young adult story of young love and where to look for it.
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I love this modern tale of Cinderella & prince charmings descendants . Absolutely lovely!! It drew me in right from the start and I couldn’t stop!!
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