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_rockqueen_'s review against another edition
5.0
I saw this book once on one of my daily e-book e-mails and read the description, had me hooked just by that! It was one I had on my wishlist for awhile. It was an amazing book for sure! Darby is such a strong willed character. She had gone through various trails. At times, her best friend Stephanie had me a bit annoyed but in the end, I liked her. Jake was like a character that was a mysterious prince charming. I never saw her being with Jake in the beginning but I came to adore him in the end. This book made me feel a mixture of emotions. I never wanted to put it down! The end is what really stuck out to me. I would give this a 10/10. I would highly recommend this!
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
Sometimes a sweet, fun romance story is needed. Cinderella Screwed Me Over definitely fits that description.
Darby used to be a hopeless romantic. Always envisioning "the one". After watching her parents go through a divorce when she was younger as well as many failed relationships over the years, Darby has given up the "happily ever after" and decided to avoid serious relationships. To help her keep on track with this she's categorized her past relationships into case studies using the fairy-tale princes as references. So far Darby has been doing well going on a year strong with her relationship resolve, that is until she meets Jake. Slowly she finds herself wanting to give up on all her rules and regulations, but she's determined to remain strong knowing the relationship would never last. Still, she can't seem to keep from running into Jake everywhere she goes.
I really liked this book. It's easy to see early one where Darby gets all her beliefs from. She's very insistent on her stance on relationships. She lets Jake know about them from the beginning. I liked that she didn't hide her fears of relationships only to throw it out there during a disagreement or something. The fact that Jake doesn't let Darby's rules dictate his feelings or actions makes him all the more appealing. When Darby kept trying to convince herself to stick with her rules the story started to get repetitive. Regardless, I could understand Darby's reasoning.
The "case study" ex-boyfriends were a really interesting way to do flashbacks of Darby's life over the years. All of them likening back to a Disney prince hence the reference in the title.
Overall, the book followed a standard formula for this kind of story. Regardless, it's still one that I can see myself reading multiple times.
Sometimes a sweet, fun romance story is needed. Cinderella Screwed Me Over definitely fits that description.
Darby used to be a hopeless romantic. Always envisioning "the one". After watching her parents go through a divorce when she was younger as well as many failed relationships over the years, Darby has given up the "happily ever after" and decided to avoid serious relationships. To help her keep on track with this she's categorized her past relationships into case studies using the fairy-tale princes as references. So far Darby has been doing well going on a year strong with her relationship resolve, that is until she meets Jake. Slowly she finds herself wanting to give up on all her rules and regulations, but she's determined to remain strong knowing the relationship would never last. Still, she can't seem to keep from running into Jake everywhere she goes.
I really liked this book. It's easy to see early one where Darby gets all her beliefs from. She's very insistent on her stance on relationships. She lets Jake know about them from the beginning. I liked that she didn't hide her fears of relationships only to throw it out there during a disagreement or something. The fact that Jake doesn't let Darby's rules dictate his feelings or actions makes him all the more appealing. When Darby kept trying to convince herself to stick with her rules the story started to get repetitive. Regardless, I could understand Darby's reasoning.
The "case study" ex-boyfriends were a really interesting way to do flashbacks of Darby's life over the years. All of them likening back to a Disney prince hence the reference in the title.
Overall, the book followed a standard formula for this kind of story. Regardless, it's still one that I can see myself reading multiple times.
raiyuan's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy reading this book. I constantly counting the fairytales that have princes and princesses.
And for the record, a knight is better than a princes.
JAKE KNIGHT ❤
And for the record, a knight is better than a princes.
JAKE KNIGHT ❤
bookswritingandmore's review against another edition
3.0
This was your typical contemporary love story with a twist. A story of a girl who didn't believe in price charming anymore soon finds her prince charming. After pushing him away, trying to be friends, doing everything to make him go, she soon realizes she wants him to stay. Typical right? Well yes but it was endearing and I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys a good sweet romantic read.
lillyofthenally's review against another edition
2.0
The woman mc is a jerk and too uptight and an egoist
slightlyjynxed's review against another edition
2.0
This one has a great premise. Unfortunately, it just doesn't do enough with it.
I started off liking the main character but by the half-way point, all I wanted to do was shake her. She was whiny and preachy and lacked any self-awareness whatsoever. It is one thing to write characters with this set of flaws and then tell a story where they make efforts to get over it and another completely where the author basically just shrugs it off and says that "she is what she is". This story is the latter. The heroine makes the same mistakes again and again and again and still gets the guy in the end for her trouble.
I will give it this, it is pretty light-hearted and sweet. If you don't mind a heroine who doesn't have any self-reflection or growth and like your heroes story-book (no pun intended) perfect, then you will love it. There are moments that are genuinely funny and overall it is well-enough written, but not enough for me to make it a recommend.
I started off liking the main character but by the half-way point, all I wanted to do was shake her. She was whiny and preachy and lacked any self-awareness whatsoever. It is one thing to write characters with this set of flaws and then tell a story where they make efforts to get over it and another completely where the author basically just shrugs it off and says that "she is what she is". This story is the latter. The heroine makes the same mistakes again and again and again and still gets the guy in the end for her trouble.
I will give it this, it is pretty light-hearted and sweet. If you don't mind a heroine who doesn't have any self-reflection or growth and like your heroes story-book (no pun intended) perfect, then you will love it. There are moments that are genuinely funny and overall it is well-enough written, but not enough for me to make it a recommend.
ashleebmoss's review against another edition
3.0
I would have given this book more stars if Darby didn’t get on my last nerve majority of the time. The rehashing of her “anti-love” rules and the stories behind them got old after a while. But over all, the book was okay. I kind of wished there was an epilogue to where Jake and Darby were after the book ended. I also wish we could have gotten Jake’s point of view instead of just Darby.
michaelajay's review against another edition
4.0
This was a hilarious, funny and easy to relate read! Thoroughly enjoyed!
noura_rizk's review against another edition
3.0
I'll just quote something Darby said " I’d rather be a chicken than open myself up to getting hurt again", and that pretty much sums up everything I might have wanted to say in my review :)