A review by lehine
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

4.0

This is by far my favorite of his books. His style of writing very much favors the pastoral and waxing lyrical about scenery. This is the book where that most makes sense, as it’s centered around artworks. You can practically smell the oil paints in his writing. I enjoyed that the girls were not put in competition with each other as much as other stories, and none ascribes to their usual archetype of good or evil. They’re just girls.