The thing that intrigued me most about the book was that it was supposed to be a Cinderella retelling based on after she marries the Prince Charming, and he is not as charming as one would think. Also, Eleanor was supposed to have anxieties and things that "real women" go through. It did not fall flat on the Prince oh not Charming but tripped up on everything else.
I only wanted to read the second book to see if one of two things happened:
- Eleanor and Dorian get together.
- Gregory dies.
The reason why I say this book would do well in 2009 is that it's the kind of book you'd expect to read in that year. The places in the book felt like the author did not try at all to stimulate anyone's imagination. The conflicts did not feel necessary in the book, but like the author was trying to be, all "I need to make life difficult for my characters".
I groaned whenever we were introduced to conflict because it was, like "of course, the only way to divorce is by death, and of course, it's the women who die". It made it hard to suspend my disbelief over anything when it felt like the author didn't care, but obviously, she must have if it took her ten years to write it. The first book has left me feeling so conflicted because I expected so much more than the author was willing to give.
2 out of 5 stars.
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