Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
This is the blurb: Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king – and the prince – out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present... before it's too late.
Is So This is Love: A Twisted Tale appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This Cinderella retelling features palace intrigue and a conspiracy plot with mild peril and no romantic or sexual content beyond what's implied from the original fairy tale. Themes of class prejudice and political manipulation are central.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include abuse, betrayal, and class struggle (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy this mystery-driven twist on Cinderella where she becomes a seamstress and must stop a conspiracy against the kingdom.