The girl will be gone, and the season will begin again. I’ll be newly eighteen. For the three hundred twenty-seventh time.
When I first pitched this book, I knew I wanted to do a Beauty and the Beast retelling, but it was important to me that I make it my own rendition. I remember saying to my agent, "What if I did Beauty and the Beast crossed with Groundhog Day? Like, what if he only has a short time to break the curse, and if he fails, it all starts over?" She loved the idea, and I got to work. I spent a lot of time playing with the amount of time. Thirty days seemed too short, but a year was too long. When I finally decided on the span of a season (roughly three months), I knew I'd hit the sweet spot.
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