If you’re excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don’t miss Cruel Beauty.
The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
Perfect for fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away.
Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected—particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy—who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart.
Rosamund Hodge grew up as a homeschooler in Los Angeles, where she spent her time reading everything she could lay hands on, but especially fantasy and mythology. She got a BA in English from the University of Dallas and an MSt in Medieval English from Oxford, and she now lives in Seattle with a mountain of books and the most beautiful dog in the world. Visit her online at http://www.rosamundhodge.net/.
Most book lovers have a soft spot in their heart for the story of Beauty and the Beast. A courageous bookworm (in some tellings) who melts the heart of a monster and breaks a curse is a very hard story not to fall in love with. Its focus on the redemptive power of inner beauty is so powerful, in fact, […]
I approach all fairy tale retellings with a large amount of trepidation. I love the classic tales, and I love gritty retellings, so I get really excited when an author takes a crack at rewriting a childhood favorite. But not all of these novels leave me satisfied. They either don’t push the envelope enough, or try so hard to be […]
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One of my favorite things about YA in 2014 was the tremendous number of fantastic new authors introduced to the world. It was an excellent year for debuts, and now that it’s over, I for one am excited to see what they (okay, we) have coming in 2015! Considering the excellence of 2014’s sophomores, my […]
The thirteenth—and final—book in the internationally bestselling fantasy adventure series that inspired the forthcoming major motion picture Seventh Son. Finally, Tom Ward, the
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