Beauty and the Beast (For fans of Veronica Roth, Ally Condie, and Becca Fitzpatrick) [NOOK Book]

Not a lot of background details but Still Pretty Good.

I read the reviews for this book and I thought it would be longer but as it turns out it felt more like a short story of 200 plus pages. Overall not bad at all, I like the characters and the back story. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairy tale stories and this book has the fairy tale aspect of the real story in the background with the characters.

The story goes as followed, the main character Prince Alexander is turned into a werewolf by a witch that curses him for one year, in which he must have a female fall for him in his wolf form. So a few months pass when the second main character Cecelia goes to her secret brook which is a pretty much a small river that's very peaceful to her and gives her solitude, but something happens during the day and she couldn't take the pressure and ran to the brook.

This is where they both meet, Alexander in his wolf form and Cecelia crying her heart out. So as time passes they both speak to each and give each other compassion. Soon Alexander falls for her and because he is going to give up his throne to his cousin, he starts having second thoughts. His cousin on the other hand, has his own To Do List for obtaining the throne.

Overall I really liked the story and the characters are sorta of developed well but not enough. I just wish that she would have done more background details. For example, the Cousin who is suppose to take over the throne, he fights for it but I feel like he doesn't have a back bone until the end of the story and when it comes to the main characters, it's feels like love at first sight but I also think that everything was moving too fast and to me, I felt like there should have been more to the characters and the details around them. I think if the author prolonged the story and added some really good scenes and some better fight scenes, the story would be a 5 star right off the bat.

Loved the story!!!

I was expecting the story line to be the traditional, but this version was pleasantly surprising. This story was perfect for tween readers. Sweet romance.

This one is the most paranormal of the series so far, since it f

This one is the most paranormal of the series so far, since it features a werewolf of sorts.  Only...the Beast character isn't <i>really</i>
a werewolf, but cursed to take on the shape unless someone can fall in love with him in that form before his thirtieth birthday.  When I first heard that he was a werewolf, I groaned, too, but it really isn't like that.  I enjoyed seeing the dynamic between Cecelia (Beauty) and Prince Alexander (Beast) as it shaped and developed. 




The new twist here is the fact that Cecelia and Alexander already know one another--and they mutually dislike one another, too.  Alexander comes across Cecelia in wolf form during a rough patch in her life and begins sympathizing with her.  The two begin to meet and become friends.  Cecelia doesn't realize that he's Alexander in disguise, and when Alexander becomes nicer to her, she's confused as her affections split between two different beings.  I admit that I have a soft spot for this element in fiction; you often see it in superhero stories, etc.  I liked the additional element here and feel that I  haven't seen this take on <i>Beauty and the Beast</i>
before.

Beautiful classic

Something rather lovely and the romance justs makes you blush at such open heartedness

A sweet retake

This is a sweet and interesting retake on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast. The beast is a werewolf, so he's human by day and wolf at night. I love how the author takes something that's popular right now and weaves it into the story. I can see this becoming a new classic version that is read many years from now because its believable, sweet, clean and funny. Unlike so many retellings that feel the need to make it smut for an adult audience this is clean for young children and enjoyable for an adult. I know that's a challenging blend and the author does it beautifully.
I'm looking forward to the other books in the series and know I'll reread this one again and again.

Good

It was a cute retelling of beauty and the beast! Teen book

A classic tale

This was an o.k. read of the classic fairy tale. I neither liked it nor disliked it. I felt the characters were a little lacking in luster.

Light & Cute

Light Romance, I found it to be a bit predictable (although, it would be hard not to with it being a classic fairy tale). Cute book, not dark at all.

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