Reviews

Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn

charitacherry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

thesqueakycleanreader's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic retelling with interesting twists

This was a fantastic Cinderella retelling with some amazing twists. I have to admit some of them took me by surprise there at the end!
I loved Eden and her growth in this book, fantastic development there. Her use of magic was fun and interesting and different from book 1 which was great.

itsjoenna's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

“Get the shoes, get the guy, and get revenge.”

i still felt it was too rushed like the previous book when the secret was finally revealed, and honestly it's quite boring too. i seriously don't feel any chemistry between Eden and Dorian, or even Eden and Evander, nothing at all. also, every time i read Dorian praise Eden with 'good girl' i cringe so hard, i don't like it, no, i hate it! i'm fine if it's only a few times, but i keep seeing it almost every time they're together, i just feel like it's not necessary at all, i mean the sparrow nickname is already cute, so why keep adding 'good girl' too?

anyway, i do quite enjoyed it, i guess... but i'm not sure whether to continue the series or not, there's still like 5 books next. well, we'll see 🙂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

eveeneman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

molly_booklover's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

erinliztaylor's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

theon0fwales's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

skyhazzard's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This series is so fun, I’m loving them. Eden was really relatable in feeling like she’s not as good as her sisters, she always feels like a watered down version and doesn’t believe that she’s capable. That being said I was rooting for her and like no girl you can do it. She just needed a little belief in herself. 

I really like how they always set out with the intention of destroying a kingdom and somehow end up finding themselves a happily ever after.

And Dorian…I’m complete Dorian trash, take me away you handsome, roguish man.

britneyfan19's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

I really had fun reading this retelling of Cinderella. A lot of laughs and some teary eyed moments. Though I did have a little problem and it was with the glamorizing. I just couldn’t get a grip on how it all worked because sometimes it seemed like she fully became the person/creature and others it was like nothing actually happened to her and it was all in the person’s mind. So I wish the workings of Eden’s glamour was explained a bit better. But I definitely can’t wait to read the next book with my best friend. Because we are having so much fun buddy reading this series. 

raereadings's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0