I really wanted to like this book. The re-telling of Cinderella idea was intriguing, but the execution fell short.

The Cinderella parts worked well for me, but the storyline wandered off on a tangent while main character Kat tried to single handedly solve the social issues of the storybook word, without any understanding of economics. She seemed to think that reducing the hours children could work, would miraculously save their poor lives, without any understanding of the fact that would reduce the amount of money a family had, meaning the children would probably starve to death. Also it wouldn't stop them from dying in preventable accidents - which was the initial issue. You're probably wondering what any of this misinformed do-gooding has to do with Cinderella? I have no idea either.

At times it felt like the author hadn't even read over what she had written. At one point, main character Kat suggests she could act as a witness for a friend at an event. Several scenes later, when the friend mentions her being a witness, Kat is surprised as if the previous conversation had never even happened.

I may have given up on this book somewhere in the middle if I hadn't been listening to the audio version while on a long drive.