By Kathy Lipscomb
Alas, with the craziness that a beautiful
baby girl brought to my life, the business a loving but strong-willed toddler keeps
in my life, and my own lofty goals of vacation, birthdays, holidays, and
writing novels, I’ve been sorely behind on this blog. Honestly, I’ve been
behind on reading period, which I miss way too much.
So I’m going to pull a book from my
all-time favorite group, one that I read as a child:
Ella Enchanted.
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First of all, please don’t think it’s the
same (or remotely close) to the movie. It’s not. The movie took a girl with a
curse and put her in a completely different story. A horrible story with weird
music and tacky people trying to be king. Bleh.
Second, I know there are SO many Cinderella
remakes now a days, but this one is my favorite. Others feel the same. And
while I get that retellings are hard, because they follow a plot already laid out,
Ella Enchanted gave Cinderella much needed magic (better magic) and spunk.
Now, who doesn’t love the combination of
magic and spunk? Okay, there are people, but I LOVE it.
I felt that a lot of the plot holes of
Cinderella were explained. It showed how her mother died, and the great
relationship they had. It showed why Ella does as she’s told in a fun, creative
way that I believed. It also gave Cinderella a lot more personality, and it showed
why the dad married the horrible woman who becomes the evil step-mother. Even
better, I felt it captured all the essence of a young girl that most girls of
any age will enjoy.
I’ve always been the fairy tale princessy
girl, and this story gave me more spark, more life, and more reason to question
why the girl needs to be saved. How can we be the princess and find ways to
solve our own problems (while still getting the hot prince, hello!).
Oh and the prince? So much better than
prince Charming. While he is Charming, he’s also funny, brave, intelligent, and
yeah, a little drool worthy. J Everything a princess needs in a prince,
right?
LOVE this book! So much better than
chocolate.
