Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge
by Lisa Jensen Book Review by: Miranda Moses (Fraser) ISBN: 9780763688806 If you've been with me for any amount of time then you probably know I am a HUGE Beauty and the Beast fan. I've done reviews on so many versions, and you should be able to find all of those under the tab "fairy tales". So, naturally when I saw "BEAST" with it's GORGEOUS cover, I dropped everything else and bought it immediately. I just want to start off by IMMEDIATELY telling you to read this story with an open mind. If you go into this expecting it to be the usual love story, you will find yourself getting frustrated. I also must warn you that the 'prince' is such a vial person and he does such wretchedly evil things that I almost stopped reading it. I couldn't imagine ever wanting him to have a redemption story. I AM glad I continued to read it though. But I just wanted to clear that up right away. My husband was actually laughing because I was complaining about this story and then by the time I finished it I was fawning over the unique twist. Annnnd my love for the author after reading her "Author's Note". Something I normally don't read... The story of Beauty and the Beast has several important characters. The Beast/Prince, the Beauty, her father, the enchantress, and possibly some servants. In this story we keep the servant aspect in the form of a candlestick, named Lucie. Unlike the 'prince', she chose her curse. She was happy to leave behind her human body and keep watch that he receive his punishment fully- hence the revenge in the book title. I loved the way the enchantress came into play in this story and I loved watching Lucie's evolution throughout the story. I also LOVED that the author clearly knows her Beauty and the Beast history. I could pull so many odes to previous versions- particularly Villenueve's. That is the original published version which I read last year and will include the link to it here: the-beauty-and-the-beast.html. What I loved most about this story was that the author also loved the Beast. She gave him a new story and that's the most beautiful thing to me. While it wasn't easy to see the story going down a very different route than I'm used to... I also loved every bit of it. Bring us the Beast! I hope you guys love this story too and come to appreciate the unique happy ending. And please tell me what you thought of it as well! Read on my fellow book worms, may we one day have Belle's library. As always links to the author's pages can be found down below.
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