Well whaddya know, another princess book! Ugh. I promise that my next post will not be about or have anything to do with princesses or princes. In fact, it couldn’t, considering which book I just finished. Anyways….
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine, is a spin off Cinderella. Believe me, I much prefer this version. The story is of Ella of Frell’s younger years as she deals with the curse that was set upon her when she was born. No matter how hard she tries, she has to obey every order anyone gives her, even if it is unintentional. Ella is determined to find Lucinda, the fairy who gave her her “gift,” and make Lucinda take it back after Ella’s father, who just became a widower, marries a truly horrible woman with two truly horrible daughters.
This was my first introduction to Levine, and, as I’m sure is obvious from my other posts, I really love her books! When I was rereading (this was my second time through) this, I noticed that Aza in Fairest is actually Ella’s best friend’s adopted sister! Don’t know why I didn’t notice that while I was ready Fairest (even more surprising, considering Ella was mentioned at the end as Arieda’s close friend)…. If any of my readers has seen the movie, but not read the book, I will tell you now, the movie is nothing like the book. Believe me, the movie was loosely based off the bare bones of the back cover of the book. That’s about it. I personally preferred the book over the movie, but I always do, even if the book wasn’t all that great in the first place. Take Eragon, for example, but don’t get me started on that because I probably won’t stop. The movie was good in it’s own ways (like I thought Anne Hathaway was a great Ella) and bad in others. But, as my brother says often, “Don’t judge a book by it’s movie.” That holds true for this. Now what can I say about this book that I haven’t said in previous posts? Nothing comes to mind.
The Come and Go Room 