Let me say it as simply as I can:  I loved Ember.

I loved that instead of the Disnified empty cardboard characters, the author has filled them out so that they are people—people that readers can identify with, people that readers can love.

I loved that instead of a poorly treated girl waiting for Prince Charming to make everything better, Ember fights tooth and nail to truly be herself, so that she will not also succumb to the Prince’s curse, and be anything less.

I loved that instead of a Prince posing as the poster boy for all that is Good and Noble, we have a prince who is cursed with his charm, and all the grey implications it raises in the reader’s mind. 

I love it for its humanity, and I love it for its honesty.

The story offers a rich, imaginative tale for those searching for something more than a happily-ever after: it offers a fairy tale (or perhaps a witch’s tale) with something of the Grim in it, which makes it all the more real.

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