When I got this, I read the synopsis, and it gave me Cinderella meets The Selection series vibes. I love fairy tale retellings, and I loved The Selection, but this just didn’t really hit me in the same way. It was great in some places, but there were some that just left me feeling a little meh. The characters just felt a little flat to me. And there were times that the MC was naive that it frustrated me. But to be fair, the book was set in 1700-era France, a time when that would be the norm for girls her age.
It was a fun read, but I think it was just one of those books that wasn’t for me. It felt very juvenile at times, and to be honest, Cinderella tales are among my least favorite of the retellings genre.