Title: If the Shoe Fits
Author: Deborah Guarino
Artist: Seth Hippen
Genre: Children's / Humor / Fantasy / Fairy Tale
Year Published: 2019
Year Read: 2019
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Schiffer Publishing for providing me a
copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I have always loved reading
various fairy tale retellings and I was in the mood to read another “Cinderella”
retelling! So, I went on Edelweiss and I
stumbled upon this unusual story called “If
the Shoe Fits” by Deborah Guarino along with artwork by Seth
Hippen and man, was it a truly hilarious
and brilliant read!
Murray was a humble shoemaker who spent most of his
days making shoes for the villagers. But
one night, a large fairy suddenly comes to his house and begs him to make her a
special pair of shoes for a certain maiden since her wand had ran out of
powers. Murray then gives the fairy a
pair of glass slippers and the fairy promises to reward him whenever she gets
her magic back. But the next day, Mona,
Murray’s clerk (and the woman he secretly loves) comes rushing inside his shoe
shop and tells him about the prince trying to find the maiden whose foot can
fit into the glass slipper that she left behind. And when Murray tells Mona that he was the
one who made the glass slippers, Mona then begs him to make her a pair of glass
slippers so that she can use them to present to the prince and marry him. Murray, who is actually crushed by this
scheme, sadly makes Mona a pair of glass slippers and Mona goes to the prince
to show him the glass slippers.
Will Mona marry the prince and will Murray
lose the love of his life?
Read this book to find out!
Wow…just wow!!!
I never would have expected to enjoy this book as much as I did!!! Deborah Guarino’s writing is both
hilarious and heartwarming and I really enjoyed this interesting twist on the “Cinderella”
tale! I really loved Murray as a
character as he was both hilarious and engaging and I really felt for him when
he wanted to win Mona’s heart, despite Mona wanting to marry the Prince. I also loved how it was Murray who created
the glass slippers for Cinderella since we get to see another character in this
story that was not Cinderella. I also
loved the twist of the story of how Mona wanted Murray to make the glass
slippers for her and how the prince had nearly married the wrong woman. Seth Hippen’s artwork was truly
hilarious to look at as most of the characters are drawn in exaggerated ways,
especially the large fairy, who takes up most of the pages that she’s in.
Overall, “If the Shoe Fits” is a truly
hilarious and imaginative story that takes the “Cinderella” mythos and
twists it in a truly creative way! I
would recommend this book to children ages five and up, since there is nothing
inappropriate in this book.
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