![]() ![]() The men, on the other hand, can begin attending the ball with the intention of choosing a bride whenever they want. The girls MUST attend from the age of 16 onwards if three balls go by and they are not chosen by a man, they are forfeit - and assumed dead as a result. An occurrence far too commonplace to be avoided entirely.Įvery eligible young woman in the land is required to attend the Annual Ball, an event where the men of the kingdom are allowed to have their pick of the girls. She’s in love with another young woman, a fact that could mean her “forfeit” - where an individual is taken to the palace and never heard from again. She already stands out in a world run by men by refusing to play by the rules she’s given. She knows the way things are run in her kingdom is wrong but she doesn’t know what she can do to change it. Sophia is a rebel I don’t know how to make it much clearer than that. Let’s get right into the Cinderella is Dead review, shall we? We are dropped headfirst - I mean, look at that opening line - into a violent patriarchy, where a king uses Cinderella’s legacy to keep his place on the throne and keep the women of the realm in line. “Cinderella has been dead for two hundred years.”Īnd so we are directly thrust into Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron’s story of a kingdom where young girls have Cinderella’s tale memorized word for word, where her story is treated almost as a religious text, its display mandatory in every household. ![]()
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