Stepsister

Throwing in the towel at chapter 107.

I normally love Jennifer Donnelly's books but this was a huge miss.

First, there are the characters of Chance and Fate. Tbh I found them completely unnecessary and a waste of chapter space. They don't bring much to the story except to steal the focus from the main characters and their actions. I felt the same way with the extra characters in her Beauty and the Beast story. They take away from the true story.

Now for the stepsister and her family. Jennifer does her best to make them redeeming, but what a challenge. Years of bullying and being cruel to Ella and we're supposed to believe they have changed over a matter of days? All because she's finally bullied for cutting off her toes?

On the plus side, Jennifer is great at writing just the right amount of romance an action. Those elements are solid 5 stars. But giving it 2 because the rest was just boring and painful to read.

I thought I was getting a romance and bibbidi bobbidi boo shit..and never have I ever been more happy to be wrong.
It was about redemption, courage, fighting fate, taking a chance on yourself, learning that sometimes what you believe about yourself hurts you more than the cruelty people throw your way.