Posted on  20/08/2024 13:53:15

My rating: 2.5 stars rounded up to 3

Beauty and the Beast with a twist.
Fairly likeable but....
The reader is forewarned that this is a fairy tale for adults and yet, I never expected attempted rape and murder in the very first chapters. And neither one nor the other sat very well with me.

That aside, the Beast is a Dragon shifter who is in fact a very big and grumpy sweetheart and not scary at all. And I did love him.

The princess is our usual Belle with the yearning to learn and independent spirit. But she is also a witch, which sets her out of the usual pattern.
As for her beauty, I am not really sure about that. Because in the beginning she is described as short of stature and with big thighs. But later on she is the most beautiful woman the prince had ever laid eyes on. So you'll have to decide for yourself.

I couldn't really place the story as it has elements belonging both to adult and children's tales and they didn't quite go together very well for me.

But still, I'm rating a 3 because it was not hard to read it and because... Sir Dragon!!!
I honestly loved him.

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