Glamour

So this was sort of a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin (whom I love, thanks, Robert). Add gif of Robert. And it had some Cinderella elements to it too, so that was cool.

It was a quick read (I first thought it was a full-length novel and was disappointed when I saw it was actually a novella. But then I realized that if it were a full-length novel, I would probably lose interest along the way.

It was a cute read, yes. But that was all it was. The characters, as adorable as they were, lacked that certain thing about them that made me want to care about them.

The main character (Pip) is cute and I did like him, but I found him to be spineless – he didn't really stand up for himself and there was a definite theme of instalove with the prince – Ren, and really, can't we get away from the idea of instalove?

The descriptions and the setting were done rather well. I can tell the author spent time on that and crafted the world rather well. If only she spent more time on the characters, they too would be as good as the description.