Spoilers and questionsI'm going negative first, after being left frustrated when it finally ended. Read moreīeauty and the Beast retold, okay but not the best one for me that I've read. I recommend it not only to those who like re-tellings. This is a very well written and interesting story with fascinating characters. I am definitely pleasantly surprised by this book. Surprisingly, there is also no destinated lovers motive here. That makes the whole story more enjoyable. They are aware of how it can end, but they still give the sisters a choice.

What I really like is that neither Ballard nor his son are thinking about removing the curse as the purpose of their relationship with the sisters. The removal of the curse from Ballard and his son is only one of them. The plot is extensive and very interesting, several threads appear and mix with each other. The threads from various fairy tales mix here. Generally, it is a re-telling of the story of the beautiful and the beast. Just for excellent and complex characters alone, it is worth reading this book.īut there is also a pretty good plotline here. Showing, not telling, finally! We also have a few supporting characters here who are equally interesting and relevant to the story and not just there to fill the background. Ballard is fully three-dimensional, and we learn about what kind of man he is from his actions and not from what others say about him. In many cases, when we’ve got a hero in the book who has a difficult past and some scars, these are the only features that describe him. Ballard makes an equally interesting hero. And this is one of the things I didn't expect at all.

She is one of those really strong and intelligent characters. Louvaen, the heroine, is definitely a strong woman with a complex personality. And here a pleasant surprise, this is a really good book.įirst of all, we have very well-created and well-developed characters here. I have never heard of this author before and my expectations were not high.

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