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The Duke's Secret Cinderella
by Eva Devon
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
As the name suggests, this is a Regency Cinderella story, kind of at least. The way the author choose to divert from the known Cinderella story and twisted this retelling into her own thing was highly enjoyable. We have a step-father for our Cinderella Charlotte instead of a step-mother and the single step-sister, Francesca, is a supportive character and not a bullying villain. Instead of meeting a Prince at a ball, she meets Rafe, a Duke, in a shady alley - yet he still thinks that Charlotte must be a Lady. This lie continues to be the main point that drives a lot of the story and drama in this book.
While Charlotte is a likeable character and absolutely easy to root for, it is Rafe that is an absolute highlight for me, when it comes to characters. This man really came into this book and said, with his whole chest, that he didn’t want a wife for duty’s sake and that the only woman he could accept as wife would be one he could be a capital S Simp for. That is my man. All the others can pack their macho nonsense up and go home.
Overall a Cinderella retelling that didn’t invent the wheel anew but did a fresh take on it, all while telling a cute romantic story with great main characters.
I was provided an ARC by the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.