{"id":43370,"date":"2026-02-16T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43370"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:01:34","slug":"moonlight-desires-a-cinderella-retelling-by-david-tocher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=43370","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Desires: A Cinderella Retelling by David Tocher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elegant and restrained, with quiet emotional depth&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tocher\u2019s latest transforms a well-known fairy tale into a restrained meditation on compassion, pride, and the uneasy boundary between virtue and self-interest. Trapped in a life of cruelty, Aurelia never believed escape was possible\u2014until she met Princess Kipira, a cursed royal weaving magic from the shadows. Dressed in silk drawn from moonlit webs, Aurelia enters the duke\u2019s court and awakens the prince\u2019s interest. But Kipira remains confined by the curse that reshaped her life, its release dependent on something more difficult than magic. As Aurelia\u2019s circumstances shift, she must reckon with the cost of the intervention that made it possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than emphasizing fantasy fulfillment, Tocher presents a quieter, more deliberate examination of endurance and moral agency. Aurelia is defined not by helplessness but by her refusal to allow cruelty to reshape her character. Her eventual elevation reflects the persistence of her inner stability rather than external rescue alone. Kipira is the story\u2019s most complex presence, caught between genuine compassion and self-serving motive. Her curse operates as an ethical burden rather than simple punishment. The moonlit webs reflect the fragile nature of desire and intention. This retelling stands out for its psychological clarity and its refusal to offer redemption without moral cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Moonlight-Desires-Cinderella-David-Tocher\/dp\/B0GF79N9S9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date January 5, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 979-8261750680<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Print Length 112 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Price $6.99 (USD) Paperback, $3.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elegant and restrained, with quiet emotional depth&#8230; Tocher\u2019s latest transforms a well-known fairy tale into a restrained meditation on compassion, pride, and the uneasy boundary between virtue and self-interest. Trapped in a life of cruelty, Aurelia never believed escape was possible\u2014until she met Princess Kipira, a cursed royal weaving magic from the shadows. Dressed in silk drawn from moonlit webs, Aurelia enters the duke\u2019s court and awakens the prince\u2019s interest. But Kipira remains confined by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":43372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1328349],"tags":[7223,726,673324392,91,3328,178,723770700,723771517,7224,540522,70552,723771287,1136176,723769804,723769803,723771518,723771516,723769805,1473,1008073,856121,309],"class_list":["post-43370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romance-fantasy","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-authors-seeking-review","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-david-tocher","tag-fairy-tales","tag-fantasy","tag-fantasy-romance","tag-folklore","tag-goodreads","tag-indie-books","tag-kindle","tag-kobo","tag-medieval-historical-romance","tag-moonlight-desires-a-cinderella-retelling","tag-nook","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/71mGwJnwbdL._SY425_.jpg?fit=266%2C425&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-bhw","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43373,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43370\/revisions\/43373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}