This story is so alive and energetic. It moves. It develops. There's no need for distinction between a character-development-based novel and a plot-driven novel here. They happen simultaneously, just as they should. It's like someone blew the dust off the fantasy genre! Well done, Ms. Berry! Well done!
The story is a loose reinvention of Cinderella, but when I have kids and read a Cinderella version to them, it will be this one, not the classic! The heroin is not a superhero, not a fragile little flower, not an angel. She forgets her name for a moment when she meets a handsome man... even though half the city is pining for him and it might be quite shallow of her. She flirts a little, steals a little, helps a person and then leaves him in trouble. She makes friends with just the right type of bad witch. She has the grace to blush and feel guilty when she does something wrong. She feels sorry for herself, but knows when enough is enough. She doesn't expect to be rescued. She doesn't always even recognize a rescue when it comes! She misses home and her simply, happy childhood. She's a human person Living a Life with capital letters. And those others who share the pages with her are just like that, too.
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