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The Reading Room
Before I was paid to write, I read. These are honest, first-person verdicts written for one reader: the person deciding whether to pick the book up. It's also the best sample of my unedited voice; if you want to know how I write when nobody's briefing me, start here.
Lady Tremaine, by Rachel Hochhauser
"Don't go in expecting a Cinderella retelling, whatever the jacket copy says... This is Ethel's story, full stop — something much more interesting than a villain-origin gimmick. The book is smarter and stranger than its own marketing lets on."
★ 3.5 / 5 — Read it for Ethel, not for Cinderella.