The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back by Sariah S. Wilson"Everyone knows how all those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince, falls instantly in love, lives happily ever after and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust.
But what happens when you’re the ugly stepsister and your obnoxiously perfect—read pretty, smart, and, worst of all, sickeningly nice—stepsister is dating the charming, tall, devastatingly handsome guy you’ve had a thing for since you were nine years old?
Quirky, artistic and snarky Mattie Lowe does not lead a charmed life. Her mother is constantly belittling her on Skype. Mercedes, the school mean girl, has made it her personal mission to torment Mattie. But worst of all? Her stepsister Ella is the most beautiful, popular girl in school and is dating Mattie’s secret longtime crush, Jake Kingston.
Tired of being left out and done with waiting for her own stupid fairy godmother to show up, Mattie decides to change her life. She’ll start by running for senior class president against wildly popular Jake.
Ella can keep her Prince Annoying. Mattie’s going to rule the school.
And no one, not even a cute and suddenly flirty Jake, is going to stop her." (Amazon summary)
I really enjoyed reading the Ugly Step-sister Strikes Back.
Loosely framed around Cinderella fairy tale tropes, this novel is told from the
perspective of a jealous stepsister named Mattie Lowe. Mattie is aggrieved at
her inability to compete with her workaholic, absolutely gorgeous, and
successful step-sister Ella, especially when Ella starts dating the guy that
Mattie has loved since fourth grade. The
novel has a wonderful voice and a plot line full of un-put-downable tension. I felt that the first several chapters had a
few moments of choppy narrative where the narrator slowed the prose down by
being repetitive, but these choppy moments disappeared as the story got
rolling. I loved how all the characters grew throughout the novel and the fact
that Mattie had a back bone and self-respect. Mattie was fun to root for because
she remained true to herself even when she was a little nerdy.
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