by Cameron Dokey, Mahlon F. Craft, Renato Alarcao
I love retellings! Okay, maybe not that much. But I still love retellings. Maybe I'm not crazy over them because I know what to expect, having heard the original story. Anyway, after reading Cameron Dokey's GOLDEN, I figured I would have to read more of her books. I pretty much enjoyed it. There wer...
Wow.One of the best re-tellings of Beauty & the Beast that I've seen in a long time.
I liked this! Not your average look at this fairy tale and it was a nice short read.
Strongly reminiscent of Robin McKinley's retelling of the same fairy tale in Rose Daughter, only shortened and simplified for a younger readership.
Nice and simple retelling of the classic, with an interesting look at "Beauty" and what that is and how Belle deals with not having it as her gorgeous sisters do. It adds very little to the canon for this story, but I loved April and Dominic. Still, the ending was rushed.
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” has always been my favorite cartoon of all time. Seriously, up until now at my age, I still cry at the ending when I watch it. Ha! Ha!So, when I saw this book and realized that it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, I was excited to know how this would spin aroun...
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