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"That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift."
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
As adaptations go, this is practically perfection.
Not to be confused with the film adaptation of this adaptation, which is problematic for a number of different reasons*.
Ella is born in a magic and medieval land were it is common practice for fairy's to bestow gifts to people (think Sleeping Beauty). This, however, becomes problematic when Lucinda, a know-it-all fairy with a skewed perception of kindness and too much time on her hands gives Ella the "gift" of obedience.
