384 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers.
No soy una gran fan de los retelling de La bella y la bestia pero tengo que reconocer que con algunas de las escenas me he reído mucho y otras me han gustado mucho.
No soy una gran fan de los retelling de La bella y la bestia pero tengo que reconocer que con algunas de las escenas me he reído mucho y otras me han gustado mucho.
Hach, was für ein nettes, wortwitziges Buch! Ich habe das britische Hörbuch gehört und hatte sehr, sehr viel Spaß am britischen Akzent der Vorleserin. Aber auch die Story ist toll: Wortwitzig, clevere Charaktere, sogar die Nebenfiguren (der Butler! Lady Penny!) sind zum Niederknien - so toll! Lasst Euch nicht von diesem schauderlichen Nackenbeisser-Cover abschrecken! Wobei das Cover meiner Hörbuch-Variante nicht so grauslich war. Ich bin auch alle Fälle entzückt, Tessa Dare als Autorin entdeckt zu haben. Und da dieses Buch Teil 1 in einer bisher 3bändigen Reihe ist, kann ich gleich weiterhören - juchu!
My goodness, but I loved this book. Exactly my kind of story. If you know me at all, this is no surprise. I'm predictable in that way. Plus it's a slight retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and that is my jam, too.
Emma is great. Strong, sassy, smart, and a talented seamstress to boot. She works hard and speaks her mind. Ash is equally great. He's prickly on the outside. Scarred, both emotionally and physically. He's returned from "the war" you see, and is hideously burned on one side of his body. Scary and monstrous looking. People are screaming and vomiting when they see him. Seriously, this was part of the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. He couldn't have been so monstrous, really. It's not like his nose was chopped off, ala Tyrion Lannister. Anyway, he is a broken, bitter man, but you just know he's a …
My goodness, but I loved this book. Exactly my kind of story. If you know me at all, this is no surprise. I'm predictable in that way. Plus it's a slight retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and that is my jam, too.
Emma is great. Strong, sassy, smart, and a talented seamstress to boot. She works hard and speaks her mind. Ash is equally great. He's prickly on the outside. Scarred, both emotionally and physically. He's returned from "the war" you see, and is hideously burned on one side of his body. Scary and monstrous looking. People are screaming and vomiting when they see him. Seriously, this was part of the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. He couldn't have been so monstrous, really. It's not like his nose was chopped off, ala Tyrion Lannister. Anyway, he is a broken, bitter man, but you just know he's a softy inside. And he is. One of those brave protector, alpha males that I love in my fiction. He pretends to be tough but Emma breaks through his asshole exterior, and we are on the road to HEA, which is my favorite destination, friends.
Are there obstacles? Of course, this isn't a 20 page novella. You need them to work for it so the payoff is that much sweeter. The nonsense about the Monster of Mayfair was a stretch, but it's ok. I still was rooting for those crazy kids.
4 stars. Can't wait for book 2.
This was so much fun to read, it was exactly what I needed after reading a few dry books in a row. I liked the characters but they did seem a little shallow to me - a little one-note? The speed at which Tessa throws our heroine and hero together made me laugh all by itself. I've had a great time with every book I've read by Tessa and I find myself obsessively highlighting entire paragraphs that have me laughing out loud the whole time, and this book was right there with all the Castles Ever After books. Can't wait for the next one.
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