Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review. This was pretty good, if not the very best. Ell has been abused and forced to slave away for her stepfamily for six long years, ever since her father died. She would do anything to escape. And then, an opportunity presents itself. A sweet, charming prince who has trouble recognizing faces arrives at her door, bringing with him a slipper made of glass. Prince Bayard is searching for the girl he danced with at the royal ball, the one who fits the slipper. Miraculously, Ell appears to be that girl, and she jumps at the chance to leave her stepfamily behind. However, Ell wasn’t at the ball, and she has certainly never met Bayard, though she lets him believe otherwise. There’s also Bayard’s best friend, Maxim, a handsome yet highly irritating duke, who seems to know Ell’s secret.
Unease brews in the kingdom as Bayard’s father, King Alaric, prepares to wage war on all fairy kind as retaliation for the death of his wife and daughter, and Ell might have to get creative with her lies if she wants to survive life as a royal.
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