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Cinder & Ella, the fairy tale take on Cinderella, by Kelly
Oram, was fantastic. I honestly can’t remember the last time my face hurt from
smiling so much while reading a book. This story takes us through Ella’s tragic
loss of her mom, her slow painful recovery from the accident, bullying at
school, creating a relationship with a father than abandoned her, dealing with
evil stepsisters, and an online pen pal she’s having a hard time not falling in
love with. It sounds like a lot right? It’s not. This book shows how friendship
can help you heal, and that forgiveness is always possible, especially when
given the truth. It also shows how people can deal with the truth better than
you might give them credit for. This story has the fun factor of Hollywood, and
a serious dose of nerd. It’s basically got everything.
I am giving this book a five. It more than deserves it too.
Sometimes I go off of young adult and new adult novels for chick lit and
romance (and sometimes even a little mystery and thriller), but nothing has the
magic feels that young adult and new adult books have. This one captured it,
and I honestly refused to put the book down (even to miss the season finale of
House of DVF). The writing in here is really good, the characters are all very
well developed, and you get to watch them change and grow, and see how they
better themselves. The dialogue was perfect; it wasn’t too studied nor did it
feel like the author was trying too hard, it just flowed with perfection. I
honestly can’t say enough good things about this book. I cried happy and sad
tears, I laughed through almost the entire book, and I was surprisingly content
with the ending. You really need to make it a point to go and read this
immediately, it’s more than likely better than the book you’re reading now.
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