A sapphic steampunk retelling of Cinderella that made me teary? More than once? Yes, girl, yes. This was a sweet, fairly low angst, low spice retelling that was cute and inventive. It sticks close enough to the inspiration material that it makes sense as a retelling, but it veers enough that its imagination makes it a distinct new story. El and Meena are both great characters, as was IoN, and I appreciated that there was more nuance to the stepmother and stepsisters than there was in the original story. Overall a really enjoyable read.

I received a free ARC from somewhere (sorry, I can’t seem to find where and I didn’t put it in my notes), but my review is unbiased and left voluntarily.