About the Book:
The end of one story is often the beginning of another.
Hollywood heartthrob Brian Oliver and his Cinderella princess Ellamara
Rodriguez have finally found love outside the digital world. But leaving their
anonymity behind creates a whole new set of obstacles for the nation’s new
favorite sweethearts. With the stress of Brian’s fame and the pressures of a
new relationship weighing down on them, the It Couple quickly begins to wonder
if they can hold on to their newfound joy, or if maybe happily ever after is
only a fairy tale.
About the Author:
Kelly Oram wrote her first novel at age fifteen–a fan
fiction about her favorite music group, The Backstreet Boys, for which family
and friends still tease her. She's obsessed with reading, talks way too much,
and loves to eat frosting by the spoonful. She lives outside of Phoenix,
Arizona with her husband and four children.
The Review:
I think I got a little too
excited and ended up reading the sequel to Cinder & Ella by staying up all night last night. I finally
finished the book this morning and I realized to my sadness that this was an
okay-read. I had thought now that Brian and Ella knew one another, that they
were together, things would be different. There would be lots of funny
exchanges and witty comebacks. Instead, what I go was Ella and Brian assuring
one another over and over again how much they love one another. It was sweet.
But I wish they’d not kept repeating ‘I love you’ at every drop of a hat!
A slew of new characters were introduced in the sequel –
mostly from Brian’s life. We never do get to meet the family from Ella’s father’s
side. Her issues with her dad surface again in this book, where I am glad to
see that her family stops stepping all over her toes. I wish there had been
more of Vivian in this book. It disappointed me a little to see that Vivian doesn’t
come back at the end of the book that the curtain doesn’t close quite properly
on her.
Ella and Brian seem to have grown up a lot from the last
book. But Ella has a long way to go before she’s an actual grown up. She realizes
that as much, and we leave better than we find her at the start of the book.
Brian too doesn’t seem to be the typical, spoilt Hollywood It-Boy as one would
expect. Ella is the love of his life and goes above and beyond to prove to her
that he wasn’t about to abandon her. Even when she’s being a snarky little
witch, he sticks it out and is there for her in a way which is pretty enviable.
If you expect Happily
Ever After to be a story that has tied up all its loose ends neatly in a
bow, you’re mistaken. I am not sure if there will be another book in the
series. But the way this story ends it leaves open a huge door open for a world
of possibilities. I liked this story. However, it doesn’t hold a candle to the
charm the first book has. Maybe this way authors are forever advised against
writing sequels. That isn’t going to stop us though. Look at me! I’m presently
in the middle of writing When Our Worlds
Meet Again.
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