The ‘lesbian retelling’ is the authors words. I find that attitude so utterly refreshing. Ash was there, on one of the book displays with nothing to separate it from the rest of the young adult literature. The last time I was in a bricks and mortar bookstore, I found the same thing. They were selling a ‘lesbian retelling of Cinderella’ written by a lesbian author, to children without as much as a warning label. A place where love, identity and belonging are all waiting.” But Ash is unaware of her mother’s legacy, and that it will lead her to a magical place. “With her parents gone, Ash finds herself a servant in the house of her ruthless stepmother and there seems no hope of finding happiness again. The back cover offers no hint to the startling twist that is in the book. It’s a shiny book that blends in with all the other young adult titles. Now that wouldn’t be significant if you looked at the cover. One day when I walked by the book section, there on the shelves was the unthinkable this national chain, in its very select choice of teenage books had Ash.
The young adult section is even smaller and filled with the same old bestsellers like Twilight and Twilight 2 and Book-That-Looks-Similar-To-Twilight.
My local supermarket has a tiny area where it sells books. I’m going to keep the plot spoilers to the minimum although I’ll be happy to discuss the plot in the comments. I’ve been busy working on my list of good books, in the fantasy genre, that contain GLBTQ characters and one of those books just stood out from the rest so it’s getting its own entry.
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