Review: Beauty

Beauty by Robin McKinley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Synopsis:

When the family business collapses, Beauty and her two sisters are forced to leave the city and begin a new life in the countryside. However, when their father accepts hospitality from the elusive and magical Beast, he is forced to make a terrible promise - to send one daughter to the Beast's castle, with no guarantee that she will be seen again. Beauty accepts the challenge, and there begins an extraordinary story of magic and love that overcomes all boundaries. This is another spellbinding and emotional tale embroidered around a fairytale from Robin McKinley, an award-winning American author. 

My thoughts:

I really enjoyed this retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I loved how well written it was and the author spent so much time on world building. The castle and everything about it is detailed so beautifully. My one issue (which isn't much of an issue) is that there is no new twist. It is a lovely, updated version of the Disney story that we all know and love. I wish the author had used some more creativity and changed things up a bit. That being said, I still loved reading an updated version of the story that I loved so much growing up.

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