![]() ![]() ![]() What motivates Cinder and Ella to act as they do is unclear. Readers learn little about the rules or foundational beliefs governing this world. While the tale has intriguing elements (everyone has a counterpart that is a tree, and the welfare of both are intertwined), they’re largely underdeveloped. Ella soon leaves too, although her goals aren’t clear. ![]() Their mother barely notices (she now conflates the two as Cinderella) when Cinder leaves to take a castle job on the prince’s domestic staff. (Names excepted, this take on "Cinderella" has little in common with either Perrault’s original or Disney’s version.)Ĭinder toils on behalf of their spoiled sisters, but Ella resists enabling their bad behavior. After their father is lured from home by an evil prince, Cinder and Ella care for their sisters and hardworking but mentally absent mother. ![]()
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