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Beautifully done middle-grade that will appeal to anyone who enjoys a dark fairytale.
What if a fairy tale curse didn't come with the guarantee of a fairy tale love? What if falling out of love meant the curse resumed? And what if you knew that someday the same would happen to you?
Such is the premise of Cat Hellisen's Beastkeeper, a book that gathers together fairy tale themes of love and revenge, courage and grief, and in beautiful, effortlessly poetic prose, brings them into our modern realm of broken promises, fickle parents, and fleeting first loves. The result is moving and ...more
Such is the premise of Cat Hellisen's Beastkeeper, a book that gathers together fairy tale themes of love and revenge, courage and grief, and in beautiful, effortlessly poetic prose, brings them into our modern realm of broken promises, fickle parents, and fleeting first loves. The result is moving and ...more
Surprisingly cool. This felt like a fairytale remake, but if it is, it's not one I'm familiar with. I loved the atmosphere and the dreamy writing. The heroine could use some improvement (she's a bit too whiny and speaks too maturely for the way way she thinks and acts) and the story felt too brief to me, but I think this series will get better as it goes along.
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Oct 11, 2014
Paige
marked it as to-read
Oct 10, 2016
Cindy
marked it as to-read
