I'm torn between 3 and 4 for this one. I liked this book and the writing was very good and it kept me reading, but something felt off. I think it was that I wasn't drawn into the story by the characters, feeling a bit like an outsider throughout the story.
What a lovely, lovely book. This is a wonderful retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale. No, the story/plot is not original, how could it be? But the way it is told, and the insight into both Beauty (Mira) and the Beast (whom she calls Lysander) makes the tale infinitely more engaging. Ki...