As for why Cinderella doesn’t just tell him who she is, she’s full of fear that he will reject her if he finds out that she’s a palace servant. Her uniform includes a wig, which is why Prince Charles doesn’t recognize her when they pass in the halls. That last add-in is the reason why the Fairy Godmother is unable to intervene this time around.Ĭinderella is assigned to the King’s sister Genevieve, who has recently returned to the palace after spending years away. And magic is forbidden from the kingdom, which feels a little derivative of Maleficent. There is civil unrest that the King and Prince are unaware of, which was added to the recent stage adaptation of Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which also made the Grand Duke a secondary villain. So This is Love adds in some plot elements from other works, particularly Charles Perrault’s version of Cinderella by having the kingdom throw another ball after being unsuccessful in finding the mystery girl that captured the Prince’s heart. Prince Charming is given a name (Charles), as is the Fairy Godmother (Lenore), and the kingdom (Aurelais). Entire character’s are amended, with the Grand Duke becoming a villain now that Lady Tremaine is not part of the main storyline.

This version of Cinderella twists things further than simply making it so Cinderella never tries on the glass slipper. She finds herself accepting the kindness of a stranger who secures a job for her at the palace where things are a little more complicated than they seem. What’s worse is that her wicked stepmother has sold her into indentured servitude in another kingdom, with Bruno coming to her rescue. Locked in her tower, Cinderella’s mice are unable to free her and she never gets to try on the slipper. The book starts with the Grand Duke arriving at Lady Tremaine’s house with the glass slipper. This time around, the twist is on the story of Cinderella: What if she never tried on the glass slipper? The series takes classic Disney stories and adds a twist that causes them to go off in a different direction, almost like a parallel universe. “The sweetest story ever told” gets retold in a new way in So This is Love: A Twisted Tale by Elizabeth Lim from Disney Hyperion.

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