Dickerson revisits Cinderella with a gender bent slant this time. There have been a few books in this series that have really rubbed me up the wrong way but this was a pleasant few hours of reading. On the whole I like this series and if you like fairy tales and vaguely (inaccurately) historical settings, then you probably will too.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I could not help but fall in love with this book. When I heard it was a reverse Cinderella, I knew I had to jump at the chance to read this book. Frederick earns all of the income for his family, plus he takes care of his mother and father who live the drunk life. Being a talented carver, his skills landed him a job to carve the doors of the cathedral. Inspired by the duke's daughter Adela who at first notices his work and is fond of it, starts becoming intrigued with the person Adela is unknowing her true identity. Then if all of that wasn't enough, Frederick gets caught up in a plan to kidnap the duke's daughter and little does he know, he is falling in love with her. Now Frederick must choose between love and risking it all. Each chapter just got better and I could not keep my eyes off of it. I felt like I was the fair maiden with the long hair mesmerized by the carving work of Frederick and then comes Adela and I am along for the ride.

We will consider adding this title to our YA collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

This book was not for me. I didn't realize that this was #11 of a series but other than a throwaway line, it wasn't a huge deal that I hadn't read the others. The idea and story of the book sounded great but I just couldn't get past the awkward internal monologue and thoughts of the characters and eventually gave up.