Ugly Stepsister

I finished Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister this evening; after the gym, I decided to dinner at Subway and stayed there until I finished the book. Perhaps given the Dutch environment, the story was not as fantastical as Wicked, but Maguire's voice is fairly the same, although the book is not as evenly paced as the Oz book: a lot of poking around as the characters live their lives before the main Cinderella event, which takes place in a few chapters. The stepmother character reminds me of Elphaba in the Oz book: screechy. I would recommend Wicked over Ugly Stepsister: Although the former has its story jump around chronologically, the reader travels around more geographically and meets more diverse characters.