A review by readuntilthelastpage
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.0

“...even the most independent people sometimes needed help. And if I'd learned nothing else from my life thus far, it was that you don't always end up where you think you're going.”

This was cute! It's a Cinderella retelling except she realizes she doesn't want to be a princess and doesn't really love the prince, so it's her story fighting against what's being expected of her now.

I will say this is technically young adult but very much so reads like a middle grade. There were times I would get confused because of something they were talking about and I'd have to remind myself that this was YA and not technically a children's book.