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Book Review of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
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Liked this better than Wicked, but...umm. If you read this rather scientifically, for lack of better word, then this was a great book that takes the question, "would you rather be beautiful but morally corrupt, or ugly but honest?" and wraps it around the all-familiar tale of Cinderella. Great. HOWEVER, Maguire loses me when he diverges into the whole imps, ghosties, ghoulies, blah blah blah crap. IT's like he feels obligated to add in the fantastic creatures because he's (re)writing fantasy. Doesn't work.