I loved it. It wasn't like any other "fairytale" story I've read, in fact they even have history books full of other fairytales in their world, something that I found interesting. 
 I didn't mind that there wasn't a lot of romance in it, I actually enjoyed the story and the adventure Maria, Derric, his sister Sarah, and the fiance Humphrey embarked on to remove Maria's. I also liked the diversity of each of the main characters, plus where was a colorful cast of characters that were introduced all throughout the story, from monsters in forests and marshes, to centaurs, sorcerers, hippogriff, bumbleloch, and not to mention the world building- I would love to visit Opea and Kylrea and the centaurs' camp! 
 On the other hand, I admit that the talk of magic, curses, and enchantments sometimes threw me off. I would get the Curse/Spell clauses, the Love Spells (love at first sight, love at first kiss, love at first fight) and Bindings mixed up but they were interesting to learn about. It helped that the bonus material at the end of the book was from Gilda's journal that explained each of them. 
 And so the journey to break the curse was a ride, exciting and fun even near the end of the story when a lot things get revealed about Derric, the curse, his mother Gilda, the true evil sorcerer, and about the rest of the group. There were a lot of surprises and twists and I was glad that Maria got her Happily Ever After and even Derric found his with her. 
 The author definitely has a way with words, and hopefully the sequel is just as entertaining as A Stolen Kiss was, which I'm guessing will be in another pair of characters' POV. Definetly looking forward to more of this series.