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Title | : | Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1) |
Author | : | Jenni James |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 142 pages |
Published | : | June 4th 2012 by StoneHouse Ink |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fairy Tales. Young Adult. Beauty and The Beast. Retellings |
Jenni James
Kindle Edition | Pages: 142 pages Rating: 3.68 | 3812 Users | 441 Reviews
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Beauty and the Beast is the first in a new series of fairy tales for young adult readers. Fans of Disney, fairy tales, and fantasy will love the Faerie Tale Collection by Jenni James. A prince by day and a wolf by night— Prince Alexander has been turned into a werewolf and has one year to find someone to love the beast and break the spell, or he will be a wolf forever. He has nearly given up achieving the impossible, knowing no girl would ever fall in love with such a monster. Just when he is about to abdicate the throne to his cousin, he meets Cecelia Hammerstein-Smythe, while a wolf, and begins to hope for the first time in months. Can he balance both worlds as a human and beast, gaining the love and trust of a girl who has every reason to despise him? Cecelia detests the prince. She only knows Alexander as the arrogant monarch—the tyrant who has made her life miserable—though perhaps he's changed right before her eyes. He's not as full of himself as he once was. The prince is gentle now... but then again, so is the beast.Particularize Books Supposing Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1)
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Faerie Tale Collection #1 |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 3812 Users | 441 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1)
Rarely am I disappointed by a Beauty and the Beast retelling. It is my favorite fairy tale and I tend to view even problematic retellings with rose-colored glasses.This is one of those rare times. And it is so sad because it starts out with such an interesting idea.The idea of the "Beast" character being a werewolf instead of an animal full-time is not a new one. What is new here is Beauty (Cecelia) being courted simultaneously by both prince and wolf, but because the prince mistreated her in2 stars(:A cute re-telling..I felt like the events were really rushed, and I always prefer stories that take their time..Its an "okay" read..
Being familiar with the Beauty and the Beast tale, I'm sure everyone's aware of what happens. But just in case, careful! There are spoilers here. This certainly was more entertaining than the other Jenni James novel I read (Prom & Prejudice). But the story seemed to move along too quickly. It seems right when you're introduced to the characters they've already started falling in love. Doesn't sound so strange, right? However, in the moment you first see them interact with each other, they
This retelling of Beauty and the Beast held my attention but the progression of the Prince Beast and Belle aka Cecelia Hammerstein-Smythe was in my opinion too fast. Instead of being full beast, the Prince is destined to be half human half wolf for the rest of his life unless someone falls in love with him in his beast form within the year. The Prince approaches Cecelia (whom he has offended multiple times in the past) in beast form and she is neither repulsed nor scared, but rather, she
Honesty time.I am trying so terribly hard to understand why this book was rated so highly. Perhaps it was just the Kindle version I read that was poorly written? In any case...Story time!Now, don't get me wrong, I can get past terrible writing if the story is good, and vice versa. But this story was just not good. As far as re-tellings of Beauty and the Beast goes, this is by far my least favorite.From the first chapter of the book, continuity and time-lines were such a confusion, as they seemed
I must be feeling generous because this really deserves two stars but I want to give it three. I loved the fluffy easy happy ending. I have not read a retelling of beauty and the beast with a werewolf. I was impressed with that concept. The falling in love happened much too fast and would have been interesting to watch develop at a more believable pace. I just wanted them to fall in love so it didn't irk me too much.I would have liked to see what experiences caused the prince to change, we hear
The most bipolar retelling of Beauty and the Beast I've ever seen. The changing moods of the characters gave me whiplash. Cecilia HATES the prince and swears to hate him forever, and then talks to him and suddenly he's charming and handsome. She trusts a magical talking wolf with no hesitation. She believes everything the prince's cousin says and hates the prince again. Then she sees how handsome he is and likes him again. She gets mad at the wolf and forgives the wolf all in the space of 5
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