The evil stepmother who doesn’t sew The English language has a strange history. A few years ago, Korean novel translator WordExcerpt published the original novel as I’m just a stepmother, but my daughter is so cute! As a Kindle e-book and serialized on their website. (There may have been an audiobook as well.) It has disappeared from both places, although if you purchased the ebook, it will still be available on your account and device. this comics It is available digitally on Tapas in book form from Ize Press, which at the time of writing is the only way to read the story unless you bought the novel when it was available and stashed it away.
According to this, The evil stepmother who doesn’t sew Despite the content warning, which doesn’t appear until volume three, it’s an absolute blast. This story is a riff on the most famous fairy tale snow White, a variation using Snow White’s nemesis as her stepmother instead of her biological mother. This stepmother was Abigail, the second wife of King Sabrian. Rumor has it that Sabrian loved his first wife Miriam so much that he resented Abigail and refused to sleep with her because he couldn’t get Miriam out of his mind. This turns out to be true, but in the most disturbing way – Volume Three lets us know that Sabrian wasn’t a willing participant in his daughter’s pregnancy, which resulted in lasting trauma that’s completely understandable. When he finally asks Abigail to calculate how old he was when Blanche was born, and she realizes he was fifteen, everything from the first two volumes falls into place, with volume three marking the turning point in the story and The turning point is there where you’ll have a hard time putting this series down.
It’s not that the first two books were bad. At the beginning of the story, Abigail realizes that she yes Abigail, not Baekhap, a Korean woman who worked in children’s fashion before dying of karoshi. She’s not quite sure what to do with her new life until she meets her stepdaughter Blanche and realizes she’s living in a world very similar to eighteenth-century Europe. She noted that Blanche seemed petite to her eleven-year-old self. The clothes her caregivers dressed her in were just the epitome of common adult clothing of the time, including restrictive undergarments, possibly suspenders and corsets. Armed with twenty-first-century knowledge, Abigail is shocked, especially when she realizes that her caregivers are also putting Blanche on a diet to acclimate; the girl is too small due to malnutrition. At this moment, Abigail decides that nothing is worth a little girl’s torture and takes immediate action: whether Sabrien likes it or not, she will take over Blanche’s care, which means he will have to fight with him The only child interacts and learns how to be a father.
It’s worth mentioning that Abigail is no bulldozer in this regard. Even before Sabrien reveals his history with Miriam to her, she understands that he won’t be happy with the changes and makes it clear that he has no obligation to do anything extra to her. She just wants to help Blanche grow up healthy, and she knows her parents’ love is one of the things that helps. Abigail is fully aware that the previous owner of her body was not a good person, and she knows that she now has a terrifying villain face. But her willingness to put in the effort to show Blanche that she loves her is undoubtedly the most valuable part of this story. Both Blanche and Whitehappy know what it feels like to be neglected, neglected, and unloved, and they find joy in forming a relationship with each other. Sabrian is confused by this (especially in the third volume, when he becomes a more prominent character), but he’s also fascinated by the implication that he wants this too – he’s just afraid to ask for it.
At its core, The evil stepmother who doesn’t sew is a story about building a family. It’s mostly light-hearted, which does make Sabrian’s backstory as compelling as the proverbial sore thumb, but it also knows when to be serious. Everyone is working seriously, in their own way, toward the goal Abigail has envisioned for them, and it’s rewarding to watch Blanche blossom as she feels increasingly secure in her stepmother’s love. We get to see her take tentative steps toward her father as she learns to trust that not every hand she reaches out will be slapped aside, and just as the fairy tale breaks down, it’s a pretty good one. hand. Even when an opponent rears his head, author Iruka knows how to handle it without it feeling like too much of a remake. comicsA favorite and overall a very good story.
Mo9Rang’s art also incorporates historical elements well. This fashion is consistent with Marie Antoinette’s lifetime, when the names of two famous dress styles were dropped: the French gown and the queen’s shirt. Mo9Rang draws these images that any fashion historian will recognize. If the bustle looked more like a 19th century cage crinoline than the hip-based 18th century bustle (which extends to the sides rather than being perfectly round), that would still be better than what we usually get. The bright colors help bring the story to life, rather than just making it feel like they were applied for better digital reading.
whether you are a fan or not snow White, this is a series worth buying. It has elements of romance, but is more about finding family and building a life together through the lens of fairy tales and 18th-century court life. If you’re lucky enough to find the novel when it’s published, this is a great addition to it, but no matter how you read the original, this is a series worth reading.
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