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the concept was intriguing (Greek mythology meets Beauty and the Beast), and the execution was mostly engaging. The tone reminded me somewhat of Til We All Have Faces, so I wasn't surprised to read in the author's bio that the book had been a formative influence on her. There were definitely parts of this book that were difficult to read for me--so sad and dark or else just writing that distracted me. For one thing, I noticed that the author used many of the same words and phrases repeatedly--it
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I was not expecting to fall completely head over heels for Rosamund Hodge's retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Cruel Beauty was almost... almost perfection. I say that with my fingers this close - - to each other because, you see, there was just a small little detail that I struggled with...but I may not even talk about that detail because this book was that close to perfect (did I mention it was THAT CLOSE?). I am a huge fan of fairy tale retellings and Cruel Beauty was engrossing. I struggled
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This is a creative version of Beauty and the Beast. I love the story of Beauty and the Beast and like reading all of the retellings. This one is dark, but I loved the way the writer took me on a crazy journey and I kept up with her-fun read.
Loved everything about this book.
This was probably not a good choice for an audiobook. Or maybe not for me to read at all. I started out interested, especially since it seemed more Bluebeard than Beauty and the Beast. But I lost my ability to focus, and as usual I'll blame half on my difficulties focusing on audiobooks at all and half on the prose, which was so stylized that it became rather purple at times. it got harder and harder to actually know what was happening because there were so many elaborate turns of phrase that we
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Such a wonderfully dark interpretation of beauty and the beast. Demons, Gods, gardens in sky, magic mirrors, and every character is more complex than you first suspect. Rosamund Hodge, publish more books please!
Nov 12, 2013
Marlene
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Sooo much better than I expected.
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