Ashes by MK Harkins – Review by Shavon Brown

Ashes by M.K. Harkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An original twist on the classic story of Cinderella. This story is told from the persepectives of Ashley Adams and Harry James.

Ashley Adams (Cinderella) her father is dead and leaves her a trust fund her Evil Stepmother has put in a few stipulations (i.e graduating on time, working at the funeral home etc.) She has two evil Stepsiters and lives in the smallest room. Her stepmother and stepsisters do their best to derail her and make her life a living hell, she does her best to keep her head down and do everything they say to get that trust fund and head to UCLA.

Harry James (Prince) also know as the prince of Pop a rock star who got into some trouble by setting is old high schools chemistry gets sent to Redmond High for a year as part of his and best friend Georges probation.

This story is a classic it opens with the fairy godmothers in panic mode because people in the world are not falling in love. They are needed but because of modern technology like YouTube and smartphones they are scared of being seen and the world finding out about them. Luckily someone has a plan…

I don’t want to spoil the book to much but this is a very fun original story spin on a classic that will give you all the feels. Mainly Joy and Sorrow as there is a major scare towards the end.

While we are given Harry and Ashley perspectives as well as the Fairy Godmothers I wish we could have gotten A Laura, George, Veronica and Maggie and Maura as well just to help round out the characters. That being said I was happy to see the sequel with George and Lilly with hopefully more of the original characters as well.

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