Book Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines

A fun, witty take on some of our old fairy tale favorites

You know how all those old fairy tales take you through lots of scary adventures till you finally reach that inevitable line: ‘And they lived happily ever after…’ Guess what? It’s not true. Life in never-never land isn’t all sweetness and light.

Danielle, aka Cinderella, did get to marry her Prince Charming and move into the royal palace, but being a princess was a lot harder than she expected. Accustomed to hard work, Danielle finds it hard to relate to any of the nobles, and equally hard to give orders to her servants. And apparently learning to be a proper princess requires memorization of a whole lot of trifling details!

Her new life is suddenly shattered when her evil stepsisters reappear and kidnap her husband, Armand. Danielle decides she needs to be part of the recovery team, and joins up with Talia (aka Sleeping Beauty) and Snow (aka Snow White) to rescue him from Fairytown.

These three are remarkably resourceful, and survive several adventures during their journey. Overall, this was a fun story which gave us a skewed version of some old fairy tale characters. I liked Jim Hine’s take on the ladies, but couldn’t help comparing them to their Shrek versions. Sometimes better, sometimes worse.

I highly recommend this book for a fun, witty take on some of our old fairy tale favorites. Jim Hines is a very talented writer, and every one of his books has been worth reading!

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