Ember, by Bettie Sharpe
Ember
by Bettie Sharpe
10 parts (Pt. 10, with links to all the previous parts)
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Fairytale
This is a free ebook, published in 10 parts on the Dionne Galace blog. I tend to shy away from reading lengthy things online, but Ember is both well-formatted and an engrossing read. It's a retelling of Cinderella, but if that makes you cringe don't run away just yet--this is a very different retelling. I quote the blurb:
Everyone loves Prince Charming. They have to-he’s cursed. Every man must respect him. Every woman must desire him. One look, and all is lost.
Ember would rather carve out a piece of her soul than be enslaved by passions not her own. She turns to the dark arts to save her heart and becomes the one woman in the kingdom able to resist the Prince’s Charm.
Poor girl. If Ember had spent less time studying magic and more time studying human nature, she might have guessed that a man who gets everything and everyone he wants will come to want the one woman he cannot have.
Charm is a curse. Love is a fire. This story is no fairytale.
That summary captured my attention enough to read the first section, and Sharpe does deliver on her promise. The prose is smooth, only a little rough with inexperience, and the plot absolutely wonderful. Go forth and read!
ETA: Fixed a whole host of mistakes.
by Bettie Sharpe
10 parts (Pt. 10, with links to all the previous parts)
Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Fairytale
This is a free ebook, published in 10 parts on the Dionne Galace blog. I tend to shy away from reading lengthy things online, but Ember is both well-formatted and an engrossing read. It's a retelling of Cinderella, but if that makes you cringe don't run away just yet--this is a very different retelling. I quote the blurb:
Everyone loves Prince Charming. They have to-he’s cursed. Every man must respect him. Every woman must desire him. One look, and all is lost.
Ember would rather carve out a piece of her soul than be enslaved by passions not her own. She turns to the dark arts to save her heart and becomes the one woman in the kingdom able to resist the Prince’s Charm.
Poor girl. If Ember had spent less time studying magic and more time studying human nature, she might have guessed that a man who gets everything and everyone he wants will come to want the one woman he cannot have.
Charm is a curse. Love is a fire. This story is no fairytale.
That summary captured my attention enough to read the first section, and Sharpe does deliver on her promise. The prose is smooth, only a little rough with inexperience, and the plot absolutely wonderful. Go forth and read!
ETA: Fixed a whole host of mistakes.