by Ry Herman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’m not sorry to see this one go. While I finished it, the ending hundred pages was a slog. I just didn’t think this was entertaining enough, funny enough, or even cute enough. It tries too hard and missed the mark for me. Our MC is fairly one dimensional, I still couldn’t tell you about anything she actually likes (just that she thinks her stepmother is evil and mean) and her constant inner monologue about how a situation could have been XYZ fairytale reference got very annoying. Like the author wanted to see how many fairy tales they could mention in one book. I bet 50+ pages could be cut if you just took out those mentions alone.
There is an attempted sweet romance here which started out okay but just didn’t do it for me in the end. Again nothing really interesting and sparks did not fly. I was hoping for a cute little break book like Legends and Lattes or How to Become the Dark Lord or Die Trying. Maybe my learning here is I like villains and their struggles more than princesses? (Not surprising)
Irregardless, I feel like I should have DNF’d this (darn challenge prompts it fed into got me continuing). So my three stars as probably a bit generous. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good. I’m sure some will enjoy it for what it is. For me it was just a bit flat and didn’t quite hit the mark.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’m not sorry to see this one go. While I finished it, the ending hundred pages was a slog. I just didn’t think this was entertaining enough, funny enough, or even cute enough. It tries too hard and missed the mark for me. Our MC is fairly one dimensional, I still couldn’t tell you about anything she actually likes (just that she thinks her stepmother is evil and mean) and her constant inner monologue about how a situation could have been XYZ fairytale reference got very annoying. Like the author wanted to see how many fairy tales they could mention in one book. I bet 50+ pages could be cut if you just took out those mentions alone.
There is an attempted sweet romance here which started out okay but just didn’t do it for me in the end. Again nothing really interesting and sparks did not fly. I was hoping for a cute little break book like Legends and Lattes or How to Become the Dark Lord or Die Trying. Maybe my learning here is I like villains and their struggles more than princesses? (Not surprising)
Irregardless, I feel like I should have DNF’d this (darn challenge prompts it fed into got me continuing). So my three stars as probably a bit generous. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good. I’m sure some will enjoy it for what it is. For me it was just a bit flat and didn’t quite hit the mark.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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