I'm not going to lie to you: this book is the Cinderella story. However, unlike the Robin McKinley books, I completely forgot this fact for MOST of the book. That's a sign of a good author.
We read this book on our trip home from Oregon and really enjoyed it. The main character, Ella, has a unique curse put on her by a "benefactress" fairy; and if you didn't see all the horrible trailers for the movie that came out based on this book, consider yourself lucky. This book wasn't bad like the trailers made the movie seem. Ella is cursed from birth that she always has to obey any command given her. She wants to break this spell because who wants to always have their choices made for them?
Anyways, most of this book is hilarious and we really wanted to see how she would get out of the predicaments she was placed in. And until 3/4 of the book was over, we had forgotten that this was the Cinderella story; but along came the wicked step-mother and step-sisters.
Also unlike the Robin McKinley stories, this book's magical sense isn't overridden by a throw-away ending, explained by "magic can overpower all." I don't like endings like that. Instead, this book's magic was very concrete and suspended my sense of disbelief throughout. It makes me wonder what the movie was like, but I'm not sure that I want to stomach another Anne Hathaway movie.
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