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I loved this retelling, too!!!

My favorite part about this book was that the beast didn't have the penchant for abuse like so many other retellings.

I always worry about Belle after "Beauty and the Beast" has ended and I didn't have to worry about her in this one.

Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales)

If you have been following along, you know I’m a sucker for fairy tale retellings.  I love them and truly feel that I cannot get enough.  It just is who I am.  The idea that you can take a story that has existed for years and tweak it, put your own spin on it, and create a new version is amazing.  Granted, not all of them are good, and some leave you extremely disappointed, but sometimes you find that gem that stands on its own.  This story falls in that second category.

Overall, there probably isn’t anything overly unique about this story.  Belle literally falls into the Beast’s life (through the glass roof), and what keeps her there isn’t a deal with the devil to save her father, but a broken leg.  Of course, she was spying on the cursed Prince to save her family, and the intrigue for most of the novel leads you to believe that she is working for the rival kingdom.  This adds quite a fresh take on the story, the spy who hates her captivity not because she is a captive, but because her inability to do her job could mean her family suffers.  Her captor is only grudgingly her captor, and it is truly his servants who are orchestrating her whole captivity in the hopes that she will be the one to break their curse.

This book was truly a delight to read.  IT had enough twists to make it different from the original retelling that it was unique, but managed to hang onto the spirit of the story itself.  It was a wonderfully easy read that is perfect to pick up when you don’t want a book that takes a lot of effort.

Read August 2017

Angelique: I have the sharpest memory, name one time I forgot something

Pest: you left me in the parking lot three weeks ago

Angelique: I did that on purpose

Elle: I jumped off the roof unscathed

Severin: You're bleeding from so many places

Elle: I'm a little bit scathed

"Physical desire is a lie. It is not a bad thing, but it blinds a person and makes them unable to see truth. Falling in love is a matter of the heart, not of the exterior."

Emele, Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales #1), KM Shea