Not bad. I was really unimpressed with the start. It was jumpy and seemed kind of thrown together. Then, the whole "I accept that I can do magic, am super special, and pledge to do only good" thing was just, a little forced and preemptive. And, likely my least favorite part of the beginning, was the "rift" between Brack and Tamarice, her only partially explained background that made her the way she was, and her split to be the big evil in the book. Just...it was too easy and fast for me to fully accept as a reader. I enjoyed Bristol being the fairy godmother that hides the princess and also her secret identities and "spy" work. Pretty create spin on Sleeping Beauty. The interweaving of that with a little Cinderella story (and Bristol being that fairy godmother as well) was also quite fun. The whole time traveling mother/father situation was a little strange to me. I kind of skipped past it and almost pretended it didn't happen, cause I didn't really like it. I did enjoy the relationship between Bristol and Anthony, his childhood obsession and what that turned into (a little creepy, but not overly so). Anthony's finding his own stone was a little too perfect of an ending for me, but their getting rid of the elicrin stones at the end, choosing love and mortality, not a bad fairy tale ending. Relatedly, I cannot believe Charles died and that's how the Cinderella storyline ended. So unexpected (and sad) a twist, so credit to the author for that. Gorgeous cover. Overall, nice standalone read in a genre that too heavily tends towards a trilogy, this was light and entertaining, but definitely not my favorite.