I know that Dokey writes about half the book before she gets the ball rolling but this one took so much longer. However, what bothered me the most was that it takes forever to get anything started. The relationship Cendrillon (Cinderella) has with her step family is different. Which sounds interesting in theory but you hardly get to see the dad and the war part isn't used as much as I would've liked. In Ella Enchanted it was the curse, in Just Ella the prince isn't charming but stupid, and I could go on but that would take a while. There is always something different about each retelling that I've read. Its got the basic framework of all the Cinderella retellings: mother dies (check), stepmother and sisters(check), and a happily-ever-after with the prince (check). I've read a few more Cinderella retellings since then so it's hard to give it any new twists or magic. Maybe I should have read this book earlier when I was 13 and a fresh book lover.
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