I wanted to like this book, really and truly. But it threw me in so suddenly with so little world building that I had a hard time connecting with the story or the characters. While I understood that it was a Cinderella retelling, I felt confused about the way magic worked and the rules around it. This made me really struggle with the book. When we did get explanations, they were info dumping, and that made things more tricky for me. By the end, I liked the plot, but didn't care much about the world or the characters.