Finding Cinderella

Six is the best friend of the protagonist in Hopeless, and Daniel is a secondary character from that novel. While Finding Cinderella can be read independently, it carries significantly more emotional resonance for readers who already know these characters from the main series.

Early in the novella, Six and Daniel share a brief, anonymous connection in a dark closet during a party — neither knowing the other's name or identity. When they encounter each other later in a completely different context, recognizing each other creates the central complication of the story.

It is a novella of approximately 130 pages in its print edition — considerably shorter than the main Hopeless series novels. It reads quickly and is often described by readers as an emotional palate cleanser after the heavier content of the first two books.

Noticeably lighter. While the Hopeless series deals with serious trauma, Finding Cinderella is a romantic comedy-of-errors novella with a hopeful tone throughout. Hoover has described it as a "fun" entry that gives readers a break before the more emotionally demanding content of later books in the series.

The same fictional world is shared across the series. Characters from Finding Cinderella appear briefly in later entries, and the emotional closure Six receives here informs her role in Finding Perfect, which gives her a more substantial arc.

It has been packaged with other novellas in various box set editions. As a standalone purchase it is typically available as a short ebook or paperback. Some readers discover it only after completing Hopeless and Losing Hope, which is the intended reading order.