Monstrous Beauty
Format: kindle
ASIN: 13572137
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 304
See more of my reviews sooner on The YA Kitten!-sigh- This should have worked so well for me, but something about the novel failed completely and utterly at clicking with me.Review to come.
4.5 starsHer eyes were too large, clear green, and had horizontal, slit-shaped pupils, reminiscent of an octopus. Oh, where do I even start gushing about this book?Monstrous Beauty is pretty much a work of art with it's gorgeous prose and the bits of history and mythology weaved into the plot. I don...
Dark and seductive, Monstrous Beauty started out as the perfect mermaid tale - full of immortal beings with razor sharp teeth, claw-like nails and breathtaking beauty. But as the mermaid lore became less important, and the plot centered on Hester and her inexplicable connection to Ezra, I almost los...