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Of Beast and Beauty - Community Reviews back

by Stacey Jay
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JulieHasMoved
JulieHasMoved rated it 11 years ago
4.5 stars! Just lovely!I am sure I am not alone in my love of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. This lovely book follows a similar path with more heartache, deception and death and the love developed between the main characters grows in just a magical way. While I have to admit the first chapter took...
A Gandy Girl
A Gandy Girl rated it 11 years ago
4.5 stars! Just lovely!I am sure I am not alone in my love of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. This lovely book follows a similar path with more heartache, deception and death and the love developed between the main characters grows in just a magical way. While I have to admit the first chapter took...
Susana "Lost in Fantasy Land"
Susana "Lost in Fantasy Land" rated it 11 years ago
Forget Disney and imagine a dystopian setting... Courtly politics and romance clash in this ambitious retelling of one the most beloved fairy tales of all times. Told in a lyrical prose that i'm starting to think of as the author's trademark when it comes to retellings (see Juliet Immortal and R...
Litchick's Hit List
Litchick's Hit List rated it 11 years ago
Growing up, Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie. C’mon, a chick that likes to read, a spooky castle, evil townies, a Tauren love interest, plus some homoerotic household goods? What’s not to love? So it’s understandable that I was a little nervous that this book would take those won...
EmAnne
EmAnne rated it 11 years ago
Of Beast and Beauty was, in two simple words, utterly beautiful. In fact, I am not sure you should even read this review, just go and obtain this story. I don’t care how, just do it! (I mean, I would totally understand if you stole it from the library and midnight. I would do the same!) You’re still...
isamlq
isamlq rated it 11 years ago
I am her monster. And she is mine. Duuuude, my face! It’s been ages and ages since an ending left me feeling as I am right now. I love how this wasn’t at all simplistic in this is the bad guy and that’s the good guy, rather they could ALL be partly both. She’s not Belle perfect. He’s not all cute bu...
No Bent Spines
No Bent Spines rated it 12 years ago
3.75http://www.nobentspines.blogspot.com/Of Beast and Beauty is an enchanting retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast, complete with sci-fi feelings, a love the will rest in the stars and a world on the brink of self destruction.Have I ever told y'all how much I freaking adore retelling. Have ...
Litslut
Litslut rated it 12 years ago
I fucking love this story, the writing, the character development, the world ... everything
beata
beata rated it 12 years ago
pure perfection
Take Me Away...
Take Me Away... rated it 12 years ago
After finishing this book I'm stuck thinking to myself "Did I read the same book as everyone else? I think I did it wrong." Everyone I'm friends with on Goodreads LOVED it and I was struggling not to DNF it. The only reason I plowed through it was because I didn't have anything else to read. I had ...
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