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| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Faerie Tale Collection #1 |
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.
List About Books Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1)
| Title | : | Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1) |
| Author | : | Jenni James |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 142 pages |
| Published | : | June 4th 2012 by StoneHouse Ink |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. Fairy Tales. Young Adult. Beauty and The Beast. Retellings |
Rating About Books Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1)
Ratings: 3.68 From 3812 Users | 441 ReviewsAssessment About Books Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection #1)
I adore this author. I think she really had something with this book, but just missed the mark. The love story was too fast and therefore not believable. As I was reading this story I also came to the conclusion that I don't love Beauty and the Beast stories where there is actually an animal of some sort involved. I know sounds weird right? Hear me out...I love the idea of someone who is egotisical and so in love with themselves that they are humbled to see the other side. I love it when someoneThe 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
This book was probably a 3.5. It was cute but a little too quick to be believable. I didn't like how they were madly in love after the first or second meeting.
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
3.5 stars
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 in
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
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