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Fairest

expanded novel 2006 Ella Enchanted

Record

First published2006
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statusexpanded
Reader rating3.89 (69,602 ratings, collected 2026-08-26)
Page count326
First-edition ISBN9780060734091

Synopsis

Abandoned as an infant at the Featherbed Inn in the kingdom of Ayortha, Aza was raised lovingly by the innkeeper and his wife. In Ayortha two qualities are prized above everything, beauty and singing, and while Aza's singing is the fairest in all the land, and the most unusual, she does not possess the other, and has hidden in the shadows of the inn. Fate takes her to Ontio Castle, where her voice charms everyone, including Prince Ijori. When the king is injured, his scheming new bride, Queen Ivi, blackmails Aza into becoming her lady-in-waiting and "illusing", throwing her voice so that it seems the queen can sing. With Ayortha verging on rebellion, Aza realises that Ivi's magic mirror will transform her into the fairest of all, but at a terrible price. A retelling of Snow White set in the world of Ella Enchanted.

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Notes

  • From the series record (Kingdom of Kyrria companion novels): Later standalone fairy-tale retellings set in the same kingdom (a Snow White retelling and a prequel), not required reading to follow the original novel's own story.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

  • Publication order, within the series Kingdom of Kyrria companion novels: position 1 of 2: next Ogre Enchanted (2018)

Sources

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