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Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.
Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.
With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her.
As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.
Cruel Beauty has got to be one of the best interpretations of Beauty and the Beast that I have ever read! It was reminiscent of the original but the author was able to make it a story of its own. I loved the changes and twists that Rosamund Hodge added into the story. It made the book a unique experience to enjoy. It was interesting to see the beast as a demon prince and to have Beauty be raised as a lamb to the slaughter. I loved how she was perfect. The author gave her flaws which made the relationship that she had with the Beast all the more compelling. Like I mentioned before, I enjoyed the twists that were thrown into the book because it helped to separate it more from the original and the author had amazing follow through with the plot and all of the details. My only complaint was that the ending seemed to be a bit rushed which caused some confusion on my part.
I adored this book so much! I’m glad you liked it too. Now we just have to convince Kami to try it again. She gave up on it.
ReplyDeleteOh man! Yes, we have to get her to read it!
ReplyDeleteI tried this book, but the MC drove me crazy at the beginning, but I think I need to give it another go.
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