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Jan 22, 2016amalyndb rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Initial reaction: lovely twist on classic Cinderella. Forget the princes, forget the glamour, but follow your heart. Aisling (Ash) lives in a world where the old ways (of greenwitches, herbwives) are being shunned increasingly more for the new of physicians and philosophers (churchmen). Her father remarries after her mother’s death; as he becomes ill, her stepmother insists that the old ways are not healing him and brings him south to physicians, where he dies. Ash, alone in a household with stepmother and two stepsisters, is alienated in this strange city, away from her home and the forest she loves. After her father’s debts come to light, her stepmother dismisses her staff to have Ash work off the debt. She befriends both a Fairy Prince, and the Huntress, who is head of the royal hunt. Love blooms. Fairy magic ensues. Sweet and beautiful, an excellent twist on classic Cinderella.