Grant's Ever After depicts a much more modern "Cinderella story." It follows the basic plot set by Perrault's original story with a modern feminist twist, it changes the overall message of what the right female stereotype should be. The message of obedience is also modified in Grant's story by a message of free choice and freedom in the form of democracy and knowledge. Susannah Grant has managed to write a modern version of the classic fairy tale that will live on thanks to its liquid plot that can continue to be shaped by social norms for many years.