Isabelle is an ugly stepsister, and everyone knows it. Her and her sister, Octavia, were awful to Ella, and now that she is married to the King of France, the ugly stepsisters are alone. But Isabelle wants to be pretty. More than anything, she wants to be beautiful, and so she makes a deal with a fairy queen and sets out to find the lost pieces of her heart. But with some meddling from Fate and Chance, it may be harder than she thinks...
When I first read the blurb of this book, I was really excited about it. I love a retelling of a fairytale, and this was a really interesting premise - focusing on the ugly stepsisters instead of Cinderella. The storyline was really good, and I enjoyed the ending - even ugly stepsisters can have a happy ever after.
Having Chance and Fate be physical characters was an interesting touch as well - they were able to meddle with Isabelle's life and sway her decisions, one way or another, and this meant that Isabelle had to work twice as hard in order to become who she was meant to be.
A really fantastic book.
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