A Cinderella retelling with more intrigue and and magic, this was a fun read! It doesn't try to be anything more complicated than that. It reminded me of My Lady Jane and Naomi Novik's works. Clever, fun, and engaging. I would read more of this kind of book from D.L. Soria.

i loved this spin on Cinderella. She's a thief! It was brilliant how the story flowed and how it moved. there were some great plot twists too. this is a win!

This was a very imaginative retelling of Cinderella. I like how the stepmother and stepsisters worked with Cinderella to give her a happy ending. It was also very fun and humorous! Overall, it was a light hearted read! I recommend this for fans of Rump!

I really struggled to get into this book, and once I was invested enough to continue reading, I found it a passable Cinderella retelling.

I usually don't enjoy retellings of fairytales, but this one was different enough that i felt it was worth reading.

I would recommend it to certain readers.

This was a very average book overall. I feel the story suffered from pacing issues, which made the experience not very great. A lot of the action happens in the last 25-30% of the book, which while expected, also leads to a very slow pace for the first 75%.

DNF at 46%

I liked the idea of this and wanted to love the book. However, I did not care for the main character, self described as smart, strong, and good actress, but I saw none of that.

This fairytale retelling was ok in my opinion. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. It took a little bit to get going, but then it kept going and going when it could have cut out some slow places.

I was just so confused throughout the whole book. I didn't think the world building was that well explained as the magic system. I just couldn't understand what was the plan or the motivations behind Ash's actions. Everything was really muddled.

Thank you Netgalley, author, and publisher for the ARC.

This was a slow starter. So slow that I was still considering whether I would put it down about a third of the way through. But once it got going, I was well and truly hooked. This is the Cinderella story after the wedding. The narrative plays with the fairytale we all know then goes in a completely different direction for a unique story with a sprawling world.

Aislinn has just been proposed to by her handsome prince. Now she needs to figure out how to navigate his older brother, the king, who doesn't like or trust her as well as the hostage prince who is suddenly everywhere Aislinn looks and getting in her way more than not.

Because the thing is, Aislinn hasn't managed to get herself where she is because of love. There is magic in this kingdom, and Aislinn has utilised it to get the prince's interest and keep it. There's an espionage plot that's tied to both her stepmother and her grandmother and just... so much that needs to be set up that it does make sense that it was a very slow starter.

One issue that's hardly addressed, however, is that the whole time Aislinn is manipulating the prince within an inch of his life. And then disliking him whenever he doesn't act the way she'd like him to. I felt as though it was an interesting choice to pin her as the sympathetic main character. She was interesting, to be sure, but she was doing incredibly questionable things for the sake of her own country.

Because this is a first person narrative, none of the side characters really stood out. I did enjoy reading it once it got going, but it was definitely a more difficult read that had been oddly executed.

An enjoyable stand-alone book! I appreciated the multiple layers of her intentions for getting engaged to the prince, and there were some really great side characters. I felt that things wrapped up a little too easily in the end, but enjoyed the hourney nonetheless.

I am all for a retelling of fairy tales. I grew up loving Cinderella for her courage, novelty, and strong self-identity, which was missing in the main character. Why give up the core personality of Cinderella, which represents a strong female character who can be herself despite the circumstances? The writing was great but I just...couldn't quite agree with the characters.

I liked this retelling. Sometimes I found the new context a little laboured, and the story does take quite a while to get going. Still, the characterization is strong. The plot after 80% takes several sharp turns, which I didn't mind, but found the overall pacing a little uneven as a result. Not a bad book, but not great.

Rebooting classic fairy tales has become a whole genre of fiction. In Thief, Liar, Lady, D. L. Soria re-tells Cinderella with an Ocean’s 11 twist. Cinderella and her step-sisters are high levels thieves, high level con artists who fleece men for what they need. Raised by her step mother to believe men are for fleecing not for romance, Ash, the Cinderella character, has a warped sense of the world.

When the group tries to make the Prince believe Ash is a princess, the plan goes sideways. Ash begins to fall in love for the first time and want something more. Can she get herself out of this mess and get the Happily Ever After?

With a slow build to enforce character background development using flashbacks, the reader can get a good picture of how Ash grew up. How she was shaped by her experiences into the woman she is today. This isn’t Disney’s two dimensional Cinderella!

I found this confusing and hard to get into. Because of this, I did not end up finishing it.

Thank you for the opportunity to give this a try.

This was a interesting fairytale retelling that I would recommend to those who think it sounds good!

I received an e-ARC from the publisher

Loosely based on the premise of Cinderella, but with more plotting and revenge. Ash's stepfamily thinks that she's trying to help them by marrying the prince of Solis, but she has her own agenda related to her mom's family who come from the kingdom of Eloria. Solis has conquered Eloria and is plotting to take away their resources, and Ash wants to help Elorians regain their independence. Overall, while there is romance to this story, it's more about the politics between the two kingdoms.
At times, the pacing was very slow and there were some questionable elements as Ash was using magic to manipulate the Solis prince's feelings.

This book was exactly what I was expecting it to be in the best possible way. The premise is so intriguing, and the magic system was a fresh and interesting. The romance also took an unexpected turn, which I really enjoyed. All in all, I would absolutely recommend this book to fans of fairy tale retellings.

Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for granting me an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of this book had me hooked: What if Cinderella wasn't an innocent scullery maid in disguise, but a calculated charade to gain power? While the story ended up going in a bit of a different direction than I had expected based on the synopsis, I still found it very enjoyable. Don't expect a lot of world-building or sticking true to the Cinderella storyline, but if you love fairytale retellings and light fantasy, consider giving this a shot!

Many thanks to Del Rey and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thief Liar Lady was an average read. Although the book had an interesting take on Cinderella, it could have been executed better and required more work to achieve its full potential. The lack of world-building and pacing issues were the drawbacks for me. Ultimately, it made it difficult to stay engaged in the story. Despite this, there were some enjoyable plot twists throughout the book. I appreciated the fresh approach of this Cinderella retelling, where there was no glamour with the addition of the protagonist not being portrayed as a damsel in distress.

This book has a good start and I was instantly intrigued by the Cinderella retelling where she's trained to use magic and skill to get the prince to fall in love with her. All while also secretly helping the cause of her family's country.

The middle of the book got a bit wordy and boring for me, but the last third is good and I found myself not wanting to put the book down. The ending is good and wraps up the story nicely. Overall, this a good fantasy read with a fun fairytale retelling.