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- The Best Fantasy Books of All TimeReading list
Ella of Frell was cursed at birth with the gift of obedience by a foolish fairy. When her father marries a woman with two cruel daughters who use Ella’s curse to make her life unbearable, Ella sets out to break the curse once and for all. Ella Enchanted is such a clever story, and I’m always so impressed by the way…
- Alwyn HamiltonInterview
There are quite a few actually. Though the one that stands out is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Though I never literally read it until I was into my 20’s. To paraphrase The Princess Bride by William Goldman, for a long time it was my favourite book that I’ve never read, I had it on book on audiocassette when I…
- Charlie HolmbergInterview
Yes! A few. The first book I read more than once was Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I’ve read Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones multiple times (it’s a common comparison book for my own writing) and Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt two or three times, as well as Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge. I…
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