What a fun read!
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I admit it was the title that sparked my interest in this book. Oh, its a pretty good title! Whoever thought of it, I applaud you. As you can imagine it starts as accurate modernization of Cinderella, just in gay. I liked the idea, and Duane as Drag Godmother was always worth a smile. sadly he gets forgotten quite fastly. I was surprised to find out that it goes way deeper than just a cinderella retelling. With the right words the author manages to keep the focus on the coming out, the society unwillingsness to accept and respect and tolerate same sexual couples. Also the family dynamic was really interesting. While it starts off with the typical "Poor Chris is the adopted child orphan thats been used as a slave now" it becomes clear that the situation isn't that easy. While yes, he does all the chores he is also considered family and in the middle they make it clear that coming from different families, conversation is a serious problem. While his stepsister tried to be encouraging on his sexuality, he took it as mobbing. It was nice to see him changing his attitude a bit and seeing that family come along. This is not to make excuses for the families treatment. But it is clear that they like him, which is more than Drizilla and Anastasia ever did. So now... the lovestory. Sorry but... woah. That was way too fast and than way too nothing and towards the end I just didn't felt anything. Was this supposed to be romantic? Because no. So for me, this was a book about family, and a gay boy coming out and finding his place. This book can easily stand its ground next to Becky Albertalli and David Levithan.