by Erica Ridley
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Her Princess at Midnight by Erica Ridley is a queer Regency-era Cinderella retelling. The novella shifts point of view between our two main characters.
This was a cute and quick read! If you’re a fan of queer historical romance, or Cinderella retellings in general, you should check this out.
The execution wasn’t as on point as I’d hoped. The pacing was a bit off to me, and I think it could have worked better if it was a full-length novel. It was a bit too breakneck as a novella, and I would have appreciated more depth to our main characters.
It’s very insta-love, which is typically not a trope that I care for, but if I think back on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which I LOVE, there’s even a song about how they fell in love “ten minutes ago.”
This was my first read by the author, as novellas are a great way to dip my toes into a body of work. I’ll still be checking out other things they’ve written, including the first in this Regency Fairy Tales series: Bianca & the Huntsman (a Snow White retelling).
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to NetGalley for the digital review copy. All opinions contained herein are my own.
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