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Cruel Beauty

Rosamund Hodge

Start date: September 1, 2014

Finish date: October 1, 2014

Why we're reading this: Won the "2014 YA Debut" Themed Read Poll!! …more
[close] Won the "2014 YA Debut" Themed Read Poll!!

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May 01, 2014 Chelsi rated it really liked it

Shelves: mythology, loved-it, favorites, castles-and-king, annoying-heroines, met-my-book-boyfriend, strong-heroines, love-triangle, any-better-i-d-have-to-marry-it, 2015-abc-challenge

This book. Lemme tell you about this book. THIS book would have been PERFECT, BUT the main character just had to ruin that. Cruel Beauty had everything I love in a novel: a sexy, mysterious love interest. A huge plot twist. Characters that (mostly) grow throughout the book. Sacrifice. Twists and turns on every page. And an ending that was like wrapping the perfect present up with a pretty pink bow.

But the main character, Nyx, put that present through a blender and turned it up to the highest se ...more

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Sep 06, 2014 Alessandra rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gifts-won, fantasy, romance, read-in-2015, beautiful-covers, retelling

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Feb 18, 2015 Jolien rated it really liked it

Shelves: gorgeous-covers, book-haul-summer-15

I really enjoyed this one! It was a great adaptation of beauty and the beast!

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Jun 28, 2014 Paul rated it it was amazing

Her father has promised her in marriage to a monster, and trained her all her life to kill him. Nyx resents her father, but means to do her duty anyway. Until she’s actually married to the Gentle Lord. Then, things get complicated.

Here’s the fastest way to describe this story: Cupid and Psyche meets Tam Lin.

If you like versions of Beauty and the Beast, or C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces, you should start drooling.

This is a really well-told story. The coolest fact about Nyx is that she’s the best ...more

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Mar 22, 2014 Sara Shaw rated it liked it

This one was OK. I sort of skimmed through it cause the details were boring. It was just Okay. 2.5 stars rounded up to 3 (because of the amazing cover)

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Dec 25, 2014 Christine rated it did not like it

Shelves: couldnt-finish

Eh.

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Mar 15, 2014 Yolande Bird rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fairytale-retellings

I am a great fan of any retelling of the classic tale Beauty and the Beast. This is one of the fantastic retelling of this timeless tale. A must read!

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