Becky Randal does not have a glamorous life; she lives with her overweight mother in a trailer park in small-town Missouri. When her mother dies on her eighteenth birthday, everything changes and Becky finds herself flying to New York to meet Tom Kelly, a top designer. He makes Becky and offer that sounds too good to be true: he'll make her three dresses -- one red, one white, and one black -- and she will become the most beautiful woman in the world. Despite her misgivings, Becky agrees. When she puts on the red dress, she sees herself in the mirror...but everyone else sees something very different. Suddenly, "Rebecca" Randal is hobnobbing with the rich and famous, posing for a Vogue photoshoot, and discovering a whole new world. But Becky is about to discover the hard way that her new life comes with a price.
This book was definitely engaging and unpredictable, and ultimately, a powerful story about a small-town girl who finds out who she really is. The magic aspects of this book were a bit odd and not really the focus, but it does have some elements of a modern fairy tale. I do want to mention that the book uses a lot of strong language, which may bother some readers. I would recommend this to older fantasy fans who enjoy stories about the real world.
- If this book sounds interesting, consider these: Princess for Hire, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, or The Magic and the Healing
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