Of Beast and Beauty
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SOMETHING EVIL THIS WAY COMES 7 VENGEFUL SISTERS 7 FAIRYTALE KINGDOMS 7 DAUGHTERS OF EVILLE Everyone dreams of marrying a prince--except for me. I am nothing more than a pawn in my adoptive mother's diabolical plot against the seven kingdoms. I was the chosen tool, her sharpened blade that would cut the deepest into the heart of the Kingdom of Baist. But like all deadly weapons, my wedding is a two-edged sword that could cost me my soul. For I am Rosalie, one of the adopted daughters of Lady Eville, and it is my duty to enter into a loveless and hate-filled marriage with the narcissistic Crown Prince of Baist. My choices and heart are not my own to give. Yet even in the thick of dire situations, beastly vengeance can give way to beautiful attraction. THIS BOOK CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE.
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3 primary books#1 in Daughters of Eville
Daughters of Eville is a 3-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Chanda Hahn.
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I wasn't expecting a lot going into this - it's a YA romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast, so I wasn't exactly expecting Charlotte Bronte here. But, uh... yikes. The basic premise as set out in the first few chapters is interesting - a young witch, raised by an evil adoptive mother to take revenge on the kingdom, somehow, for some reason; her new husband despises her because she's a witch and he was forced to marry her rather than the woman he was originally set to wed.
The writing just made it so hard to get through. I think the heroine says “my adoptive/adopted mother” like 10 times in the first chapter, which is 9 pages long. We get it! The third chapter gives us a sentence that's like “My nightmare faded away to just a nightmare, a bad dream.” I'm paraphrasing, but it was really repetitive.
This book couldn't hold my interest and I ended up skimming the rest of it.
I gave it 2 stars because to be totally fair, I'm not the target audience for a Young Adult novel (a few of the things I found cringey, like the name Lady Eville of the town of Nihil - like nihilism?? - I think I would've found funny if I was 12, so that didn't affect my star rating). I don't think the writing is really up to snuff even for it being YA romance, but it's certainly not the WORST thing I've ever read. Even as an actual Young Adult I definitely read worse stuff.
