The title piqued my curiosity. I was already looking forward to eventually reading a book by Kelly Oram, she'd made my personal radar as an author I wanted to read soon, and so I jumped at the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review. 
 I have been an avid reader for many years and the book is always better than the movie and yes, I do like movies too. Now that you know that, you should also know that I have very rarely said I want to see a book on the big screen but that is exactly how I felt about this terrific story. It has won my heart and I believe it will have mass appeal, that is why I rated this book: 
 This has all of the elements that I want in a book. The book alternates between the POV of both Ellamara Rodriguez (Ella) and Brian Oliver (Cinder), giving precisely enough of each character to make the reader fall in love with each of them. Their struggles are old-as-time and yet very current. This story is a real gem tackling several discussion-worthy and heart-rending topics such as mental health, bullying, blended families, social media, celebrity, grief & disability. 
 There seems to be a recent trend to revamp, reinvent, and retell the fairy tales previous generations have grown up with but this novel is so much more than that. If it had not had the fairy-tale-esque title and character names there is still no question that it would be a modern-day fairy tale. Kelly did an amazing job writing this novel and I cannot wait to read more of her books in the very near future.