by Cat Hellisen
103. BEASTKEEPER, BY CAT HELLISEN Yet another fairytale retelling, this one recommended by a friend I hadn’t seen a long time ago. I’m really enjoying these, it’s curious I hadn’t discovered them before... Synopsis: A loose retelling of The Beauty and The Beast story. Sarah’s mother leaves, which tr...
This book felt like the whole thing was lead-up ... I was 3/4 of the way through the book and still had the sense that I was "waiting" for the story to begin. Sarah's total isolation was disconcerting, and not really in a good way -- I kept hoping for her to come across ONE person who wasn't going t...
I really, really wanted to like this, and I just couldn't manage. The primary problem, for me, was the characters. Not that they were bad people or that they were too good, but because they were none of that. They didn't feel real. I couldn't connect with them, I couldn't empathize or sympathize o...
Arc provided by Henry Holt & Company through Netgalley Release Date: February 3 rd I had to re-read this story immediately after I had finished it for first time, because with only one read, I honestly did not know what to say. First of all, I loved its first pages: They had t...
Beastkeeper is a new twist on the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale for middle grade readers, specifically girls. Sarah is an average girl whose family moves frequently—chasing sunlight and warmth. Sarah doesn’t think much of it until one day, her mother leaves the family, and her father grows hairier...
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