Title: A Kiss at Midnight
Author: Eloisa James
Series: Eloisa's Fairy Tales
Genre: Fairy Tale, Romance
Kate is our Cinderella, her father died when she was a young age, leaving all the money to her Step-Mother, who then forced Kate to move to the attic and work as essentially another servant. A pleasant change of pace is her stepsister, Victoria, who isn't evil at all but a wonderfully loving and nice sister.
Kate has to pretend to be Victoria at a Prince's ball due to a dog bite on Victoria's lip. Kate gets to wear Victoria's nice clothing, be pampered and pretend to be engaged to Victoria's fiance. Victoria and her fiance need the blessing of his relative, the prince.
Gabriel, "Prince Charming," is betrothed to a Russian heiress. He needs the money to save his failing castle and keep it's inhabitants comfortable and fed. Gabriel discovers that Kate isn't Victoria and starts to fall for her.
I adored this little twist on Cinderella. The twisted family trees, and somewhat more realistic characters. I'm a little skeptical that not even the people who knew Victoria could tell that it wasn't her, but for the sake of the story, I could pretend.
Kate was very down to earth and I enjoyed her as a heroine. She told it just like it was, with often pointing out what parts of certain characters were more fake then others.
Gabriel made a fantastic prince. He put aside his own wishes so that he could keep his family and subjects safe and cared for. I'm glad in the end he got what he really wanted.
