A reimagining of Cinderella except from the perspective of the “ugly” stepsister. In this story Ella is the cruel one, using magic to force people into loving her and making her queen. Her step sister Anna has been on the run ever since, but when she finds out that Ella has captured her mother and sister Anna will do anything to get them back. When disguised as a young man and taking on the name of Ansel, Anna accidentally runs into Will, a former royal huntsmen who was nearly killed for dissenting Cinderella’s rise as queen in the wake of the sudden and very suspicious death of the king and prince. Together Anna and Will must work together along with others in order to destroy the fairy godmother that has been brainwashing people, take back the throne from Cinderella, and free all those who have been captured. Yet the more they spend time together the more they begin to fall for one another... but with so many of their own secrets... can they truly fall for one another after their secrets are brought out into the open? This was a mixture of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and I definitely had fun with this reimagining. Anna was so much more forgiving than I would have been in her shoes, and I guess thats why she’s our own real Cinderella haha. The romance between Anna and Will is great, they have a lot of chemistry and it works well. Overall, I would definitely recommend this for fans of reimagining of classic fairytales and romance.

*Thank you Netgalley and City Owl Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*