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Of Curses and Beauty
Author: Elle Backenstoe
Genre: Young Adult Fairytale retelling/ Fantasy Romance
Publication
Date: Mar 23, 2023
Setting: Fantasy setting inspired by 18th century France. Provincial towns and nearby forest.
One curse to bring them together. One kiss to tear them apart.
The book was an easy and enjoyable read, with a quick-moving plot and simple writing style. However, I would have liked to see more focus on Alaine and Daric's romance in the cottage. While the plot was interesting, it was a straightforward twist on Beauty and the Beast, with a 3rd person POV featuring Alaine, Daric, and the witch.
The cottage setting was cozy and charming, and the author did an excellent job of portraying Lord Baxter as a villain, which made Alaine's impending marriage to him all the more terrifying. Overall, a good read.
Blurb: All her life, Alaine has suffered the weight of her beauty and she is tired of it. When an unexpected debt threatens her family, Alaine is urged to accept a lucrative marriage to her worst nightmare. She flees to the nearby forest and encounters a witch that offers to help her. The last thing Alaine expects is to be taken away, stripped of her beauty, and abandoned at a curious cottage with no way out.
Daric has
been cursed for centuries when a strange young woman wanders into his secluded
corner of the woods, claiming to be a lost beauty. For years, his only goal had
been to escape the enchanted cottage and exact revenge against the witch that
ensnared him. But sharing his curse with Alaine might not be so bad, especially
if she’s the one that can break it.
Daric yearns
to see them both free. Alaine knows her family is counting on her, but as her
reluctant friendship with Daric blossoms into something more, she must decide
if saving her parents is worth losing him and returning to the marriage she
escaped.
Let this sweet fairy tale romance with forced proximity and unexpected friendship sweep you off your feet. In this romantic Beauty and the Beast retelling, the villain isn’t always who they seem to be, and curses are sometimes blessings in disguise.
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