Young Adult Fiction
Corgyn Publishing, LLC
May 22, 2016
EBook
246

What if Beauty was the Beast? Lise's father is dead, and the life of plenty and freedom that she has known as the daughter of the King's Huntsman is gone. She must now live a life of duty to her mother and sisters, helping them to cope in their altered circumstances. But where her mother would have her wed a childhood friend to secure their future, Lise knows that is not what she longs for. When she meets a mysterious woman in the forest, Lise feels the stirrings of emotions she cannot give voice to, but with this woman, she doesn't have to say anything-Senna knows. Cursed, hunted, and feared, Senna has been forced to wander from place to place for more years than she cares to remember. She gave up hope long ago that there could ever be an end to her isolation. Odd sightings in the forest-monsters of legend come to life, old enemies back from the past, fearsome beasts on the prowl-begin to frighten the people of Lise's village. Somehow, all of these things are connected to Senna. As the villagers' fear grows, so does their hatred. Senna prepares to flee, accepting what has become her fate, but Lise isn't ready to give up her one chance for happiness. Soon, only Lise stands between the villagers and the woman she has grown to love.
WrensReads Review:
WHO HAS SEEN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AND WHO LOVES IT? I need to know everyone’s opinions stat! I won’t be able to go see it until my family comes to visit later this month, and Belle is my spirit-princess (that’s now a thing).
With that being said, you can only imagine how pumped I was for this retelling. The beast and the beauty gender switched? That’s amazing. Why hasn’t anyone ever thought of that before? I love the idea of gender switching stories like that. This story is so male-heavy too so it was just a wonderful read.
The only reason my rating is a little low is because I didn’t really connect with the characters as much as I wanted to. I like to dig deep into the minds of a character. I like to learn their quirks and bad habits and horrible personality traits. I didn’t really feel that here. It was all a little surfaced to me.
What I did love about it, is that it is completely fairytale. You get the whole package of fairytale with this. It is sweet, even though it could have gotten darker for my twisted mind, it was insta-love, which is only expected in things like this, and it was “and we all lived happily ever after” type of a feel. I needed that and it got me pumped for the movie.
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