Letters to Zell
Written by Camille Griep
Narrated by Amy McFadden
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Everything is going according to story for CeCi (Cinderella), Bianca (Snow White), and Rory (Sleeping Beauty)—until the day that Zell (Rapunzel) decides to leave Grimmland and pursue her life. Now, Zell’s best friends are left to wonder whether their own passions are worth risking their predetermined “happily ever afters,” regardless of the consequences. CeCi wonders whether she should become a professional chef, sharp-tongued and quick-witted Bianca wants to escape an engagement to her platonic friend, and Rory will do anything to make her boorish husband love her. But as Bianca’s wedding approaches, can they escape their fates—and is there enough wine in all of the Realm to help them?
In this hilarious modern interpretation of the fairy-tale stories we all know and love, Letters to Zell explores what happens when women abandon the stories they didn’t write for themselves and go completely off script to follow their dreams.
Camille Griep
Camille Griep’s short works can be found in a number of fine online and print magazines. Born in Billings, Montana, she moved to Southern California to attend Claremont McKenna College, graduating with a dual degree in biology and literature. She used her writing skills to move through careers in marketing and financial analysis before taking a hiatus in late 2011 to devote herself to fiction. In 2012, she graduated from Viable Paradise, a residential workshop for speculative fiction novelists. Soon after, she joined the staff of the Lascaux Review, where she now serves as a senior editor. She lives just north of Seattle with her partner, Adam, and their bulldog, Dutchess. Letters to Zell is her first novel.
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Reviews for Letters to Zell
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book started out as pure fluff, but it was easy to listen to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As the story progressed it became well formed with meaningful characters and a well thought out story line. The telling of the story through letters was unique and brilliant. There was tragedy and joy and it was well worth the listen.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting twist on women in fairy tales
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I received this book for free at an Amazon/47North event at WorldCon.Letters to Zell is smart chicklit that deeply integrates fairy tales and classic fantasy literature. The four central women of the book are nuanced and flawed in very realistic ways, but the supporting cast is just as vivid. Griep really does a fantastic job of confronting the dilemma of "Happily Ever After." What does that mean? People have different dreams and desires, and the "happy ending" of a tale or movie means those characters still have a lot of life to live. I had a bit of trouble keeping track of who was who for the first quarter of the book, since names are a weakness of mine, but soon enough I was able to keep everyone straight. I really felt for Rory, whose Sleeping Beauty life was much more tragic than anything depicted by Disney. I also loved CeCi, Cinderella, whose husband is so supportive he smothers her as she wistfully dreams of being a professional chef. It's a fun and fluffy read, but there is also tremendous depth. It's a story about four very different women who also happen to be princesses and best friends, and how they rejoice and bicker and endure life together when their futures are governed by manipulative magic. This book has it all going on, but it works. It works very well.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Reimagined and updated versions of Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Rapunzel struggle with the choice between sticking to the fairy tale versions of their life stories or risking it all in the real world.