If you think you are too old for fairy tales, I am going to challenge you on that right here!
This book is nothing like you expect. It is a story reimagined and so much deeper. Raw, gritty, with a female lead who is fierce and unimaginably strong. An amazing testimony to our fearless women from the past.
Check out my review below and be ready to read this one!
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Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publication date: March 3, 2026
ISBN-13: 978-1250396341
SUMMARY:
Twice-widowed, Lady Etheldreda Verity Isolde Tremaine Bramley is solely responsible for her two children, a priggish stepdaughter, a razor-taloned peregrine falcon, and a crumbling manor. Fierce and determined, Ethel clings to the respectability her deceased husband’s title affords her, hoping it will secure her daughters’ future through marriage.
When a royal ball offers the chance to change everything, Ethel risks her pride in pursuit of an invitation for all three of her daughters―only to see her hopes fulfilled by the wrong one. As an engagement to the future king unfolds, Ethel discovers a sordid secret hidden in the depths of the royal family, forcing her to choose between the security she craves and the well-being of the stepdaughter who has rebuffed her at every turn.
As if Bridgerton met Circe, and exhilarating to its core, Lady Tremaine reimagines the myth of the evil stepmother at the heart of the world’s most famous fairy tale. It is a battle cry for a mother’s love for her daughters, and a celebration of women everywhere who make their own fortunes.
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser Review
Have you ever been blown away by a writer and their imagination? This new author has done just that with a retelling of a classic book. Cinderella as you have never seen her!
At first, I was not sure about reading this book. It hit my inbox time and time again, and finally, I said yes. Thank goodness! My mind is swirling!
Lady Tremaine is an amazing story of the evil step-mother and her children, but it is nothing like you think it will be. The author has created characters who are fierce and unbelievably strong for the time, considering what we read in fairy tales.
Hochhauser has writing skills for days. Her storytelling ability will suck you in, mind-bend you, and spit you out, jaw dropped and shaking your head, saying, “What did I just read??”
This is a stunning story of a powerful woman. Imaginative and creative writing skills that will change the way you think about many books we grew up on, asking, What if…!
Do yourself a favor and read it!
5 Supurb STARS!!
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