Glass Midnight: A Cinderella Retelling

The Cursed Kingdom Chronicles, Book 2

By: Kayla Eshbaugh

Narrated by: Andrea Rossignol

Welcome to the ancient land of Terra, where curses run rampant throughout all the kingdoms and where the royalty desperately attempt to break their curses and claim their own happily ever afters.

Princess Gabriella wasn’t cursed at birth like the other royals.
Although not cursed, she feels as if she might as well have been for the threat of the neighboring kingdom of Lune is ever present. This threat of war has forced her into growing up with a unique set of skills. Not only can she amaze with her beauty and grace on the dance floor, but her skill with a blade is unparalleled by any of the knights in her kingdom.

Prince Wesley isn’t sure that he’ll live to see himself crowned king, as his curse prevents him from being king unless someone loves him for himself and not his crown. His uncle, the regent believes if he wears a mask and keeps his identity a secret he can find a maiden to love him for who he truly is. Hidden all his life from everyone his mask hides more than just his face—he fears that no matter who he meets, or gets close to all they will ever see is the mysterious masked prince—not who he truly is underneath it.

Glass Midnight is the second book in The Cursed Kingdom Chronicles, a series of clean stand-alone but connected, fairytale retellings. If you enjoy clean romance, adventure, and witty banter, The Cursed Kingdom Chronicles is for you!

©2022 Kayla Eshbaugh (P)2023 Kayla Eshbaugh

A Cinderella Retelling

The Glass Midnight started off a bit slow for me, which seems to be a pattern with books by this author. One thing that really pulled me out of the story was the nickname “Moon Beam”—it felt overly cutesy and distracting. I also found myself wishing the pacing had been a bit tighter. As someone who loves Cinderella—she’s my favorite Disney princess—I was excited for this fairytale retelling, but it didn’t quite capture the same magic and charm. That said, it was still an enjoyable read overall and worth checking out if you like reimagined fairy tales.

So much swoon!!

This book! It is filled with so much swoon and I couldn’t get enough! Wesley is absolutely hilarious and I adore him to pieces. He was unashamedly himself with Ellie, and it’s no wonder she fell for him. Ellie was such a strong princess and I loved her use of daggers. Their emotions got to me too. I also really liked that Wes and Odette broke their uncle’s curse, too. I’m sad that their love story is over, but I’m looking forward to seeing them again in a future story!

To many graphic kissing parts for me.

A lot of imagination in the story. I thought the storyline itself was a good twist on the Cinderella story.