A Disney retelling taking readers into the backstory of the wicked stepsisters? Sign me up!

Drizella and Anastasia have one huge life goal in mind: don’t end up treating others like her mother treats them. When they were little, their father left them with nothing but their mother’s disdain. Now, their mother’s disdain has changed into a life motto of the girls better find rich husbands to make them happy. Drizella however; has her own plan in mind when she meets a lovely herbologist. As for Anastasia, she can’t resist a member of the royal palace.

Told in dual point of views, Robin Benway takes readers inside both Drizella and Anastasia’s lives. The journey for both sister to discover who they are without their mother’s shadow is one filled with self doubt, a royal ball and finding oneself. While the chapters are a little longer than I would have liked, I enjoyed Benway’s separation of each sister’s tale. I look forward to reading the next novel in this series.

Thank you Disney Publishing and Netgalley for my earc in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own!