This book gets a lot of hate, and on some level, I understand why: it’s fan fiction, loosely based on 2004’s A Cinderella Story, and I cringe whenever Maddy or Sir Leo says something like, “Now I’m/you’re a real gamer girl!” Still, I think it’s a sweet, cutesy love story. I was that bullied “Freak Girl” in high school (though I had better taste in music), and I relate to Maddy for this reason. Plus, I’m a sucker for a story about online romance. I can’t get enough of that air of mystery and uncertainty. (“Who is he in real life? Will he like me offline?” Etc.) I knew Maddy and Sir Leo would wind up together, and I knew who he was long before she did, but the journey still made me sigh. What can I say? I’m a teenage girl at heart.