Cinderella meets FrozenTHREE NIGHTS. A PAIR OF GLASS SLIPPERS. AND A FROZEN KING.After breaking free of her evil stepfamily’s thrall, Ornella Dufreyne flees into Faerie, and ends up in the Winter Court. But when she interrupts her escape to thwart an assassination attempt on the King of Winter, they recapture her.All hope seems lost, until the Queen of Spring appears to make her an offer. At the … of Spring appears to make her an offer.
At the Midwinter Ball, Ella has to monopolize King Yulian’s attention, while others try to expose the would-be assassins. In exchange, the Queen will free her and bring her stepfamily to justice.
At the Castle of Glass, she discovers Yulian is a kindred spirit who’s crumbling under a curse that’s turning him to ice. After he repays her life-debt, they grow closer, cooling her flaming fury and thawing his frigid state.
But just as they start to believe they could be each other’s salvation, everything unravels when her stepmother’s plot to divide them unknowingly aids Yulian’s enemy.
As danger encroaches, through untraceable whispers and haunted mirrors, inconceivable secrets long lost to the night are unveiled. And by the third strike of midnight, Ella must choose between the final chance to be free, or to save the only one whose life and love reflects her own.
This is a standalone, full-length novel at 80K words.
Fairytales of Folkshore is a series of interconnected fairytale retellings. This book can be read as a standalone, but for the complete experience they should be read in order.
The series continues with Fairuza’s story DREAMER OF BRIARFELL.
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Let’s be honest, Cinderella has so many rewrites it’s slightly ridiculous. I love the story, but it can get a little old so because of both of those reasons, I’m a sucker for a good, truly unique take on the story. That’s exactly what this is! It still has the important elements that make up Cinderella but brought out in such an original way! I just love it from start to finish!
I was so excited to read this book and it was even better than I expected. Princess of Midnight is the 6th book in Lucy’s Fairytale of Folkshore series. But this is the first and only book in her Cinderella retelling. I fell in love with Lucy Tempest’s books when I read her Aladdin retellings and this book was just as good. 🙂
You first meet Ornella, Ella, in Lucy Tempest’s first book, Thief of Cahraman, but you don’t know much about her. When I first read about Ella I knew that Lucy was going to write a book about her. And I was right, yay! But I got even more excited when I saw her in Bonnie’s books.
Ella was such an interesting character. She was a different kind of Cinderella then you usually read about. She was strong, but she was getting tired of losing and of being someone else’s slave. She was also really funny, I had so much fun reading about her. But all Ella wanted was to be free.
Yulian, oh my goodness, I fell in love with him at the beginning. When I first read about him, I knew that I was going to like him. He was so kind and he really wanted to be a good king. He was frozen, but he also showed bits of himself to Ella and I had so much fun getting to know him. Yulian just wanted someone to love him.
Ella and Yulian’s interactions were so funny. They understood each other and were able to empathize with what each went through. Yulian ended up finding someone to love him, and Ella found that being free was different than she could have accepted.
As usual, I have to say that I love the side characters! Especially Keenan. He was so funny, I was laughing so much when I read his parts. I also loved the hint, I see what you did Lucy, for more books. I am always awed by the way Lucy is able to weave together such an interesting tale, putting two totally different fairy tales together. I never would have thought that Cinderella and the Snow Queen could go so well together.
This was such a great book! Princess of Midnight was so cool, it was such a wonderful retelling of well loved fairy tales- Cinderella and the Snow queen. I can’t wait for the next book.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion