By Robin McKinley
Sixteen-year-old Beauty has never liked her nickname. Thin, awkward, and undersized, with big hands and huge feet, she has always thought of herself as the plainest girl in her family-certainly not nearly as lovely as her elder sisters, Hope and Grace. But what she lacks in looks, she makes up for in courage. When her father comes home one day with the strange tale of an enchanted castle in the wood and the terrible promise he has made to the beast who lives there, Beauty knows what she must do. She must go to the castle and tame the Beast-if such a thing is possible…
Here is the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty… and the Beast.
This happens to be pretty much the best adaptation of Beauty and the Beast out there right now that I’ve read. It’s fun and entertaining, Beauty is a likeable character right from the start and her sisters and father make a loving family. The beast however, I wish was more developed. I always wish he was. But if you’re looking for a great beauty and the beast story, this is the one to start with.
Sixteen-year-old Beauty has never liked her nickname. Thin, awkward, and undersized, with big hands and huge feet, she has always thought of herself as the plainest girl in her family-certainly not nearly as lovely as her elder sisters, Hope and Grace. But what she lacks in looks, she makes up for in courage. When her father comes home one day with the strange tale of an enchanted castle in the wood and the terrible promise he has made to the beast who lives there, Beauty knows what she must do. She must go to the castle and tame the Beast-if such a thing is possible…
Here is the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty… and the Beast.
This happens to be pretty much the best adaptation of Beauty and the Beast out there right now that I’ve read. It’s fun and entertaining, Beauty is a likeable character right from the start and her sisters and father make a loving family. The beast however, I wish was more developed. I always wish he was. But if you’re looking for a great beauty and the beast story, this is the one to start with.
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