Ella EnchantedGail Carson Levine
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I unashamedly love fairy-tales. Disney Princess movies? I adore them! Modern fairy-tale retellings? um, yes please. Narnia? Absolutely! I actually haven't loved fairy-tales for very long, and thus haven't read that many yet. So I am slowly discovering all the magical stories. And last week I was reading a blog post by this lovely author, and she was talking about loving Ella Enchanted as a child. So of course I ordered it from the library that day and read it over the weekend. Because who decided that kids books are only for kids, anyway.
Ella Enchanted was a sweet, super cute tale, putting a quirky and fun spin on the lovely Cinderella story that we all know and love. It was a very easy read, and turned out to be a book that I wish I had discovered when I was twelve. (It's one that I will definitely add to the library I plan to start for my own children. :)
One thing that I really loved about this story was that Ella's obedience spell and the problems that it caused weren't fixed by the black magic, (or any magic at all,), but Ella was able to break the spell through her attempt to protect those she loved.
I heartily recommend this little story for all the little girls out there who dream of fairy-tale endings, delightful Prince Charmings, and Princess' in disguise. (And of course all the not so little girls who just like fairy-tales!)
