Fantasy / Fairytale Retelling / YA
Shoes Of Red
Bewitching Fairy Tales book 0.5
by Celeste Baxendell
-From Goodreads- There wasn’t a single dancer in the kingdom of Castia better than Carin, or rather Carin’s red shoes. While her skills might not be her own, Carin certainly didn’t mind since her deception meant the whole court adores her. However, when a mysterious wizard comes to court and takes a particular interest in her shoes, Carin’s position is not quite so secure. She’s not willing to give up all the fame, not for any price in the world, but she just might make a powerful enemy in the process. Trying to keep up the act isn’t easy when the youngest prince starts to show up everywhere she goes as well. With a curious prince on one side and a deranged wizard on the other, how is she going to keep the court from finding out she’s a fraud? Is she willing to sacrifice her life to keep the truth from coming out? Her deception is about to haunt her... If you've ever read Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Red Shoes you know the story is a bit on the darker side and the traditional happy ending is nowhere in sight. I was a little trepidatious when I started Shoes Of Red but having already read two of Celeste Baxendell's irresistible Bewitching Fairy Tales I still remained hopeful. | This Book received a 4 Bark rating. |
So, take a pair of enchanted dancing slippers, a boy and a girl, toss in the villainous wizard known as The Scholar, and you come up with the recipe for Shoes Of Red, a first rate fairytale retelling novella from the Bewitching Fairy Tales series...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Shoes Of Red by Celeste Baxendell a 4 Bark rating.