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Cruel Beauty

By: Rosamund Hodge
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
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If you’re excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don’t miss Cruel Beauty.

The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Perfect for fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away.

Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected—particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy—who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart.

 Family & Relationships Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Magic Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Destiny

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better story then I expected with twists and interesting characters and world could have been longer tho

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I did not like this book, I did not understand it, not that it was too complicated but it didn't really make any sense. Girl gets married to monster, obviously a very handsome one..falls in love with his shadow, while at the same time trying to destroy his castle and save Arcadia..
She has been trained all her life to destroy the monster she now loves and hates and then loves again..no she loves his shadow, hates the monster then hates the shadow..loves the demon again and so on...you would think this happens in a lengthy amount of time but no..it all happens in a matter of days..
The so called life training to defeat the demon is her learning how to draw 4 symbols...wow so epic..
Magic system? I have no idea..
The heroine keeps telling us how evil she is but not really showing us anything..
This book was not for me, when I see the label fantasy I want fantasy not recycled Greek mythology and teenage drama

waste of 1 credit

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I expected a little bit more, I like retelling stories, but this one was far from being entertaining…Child Thief keeps being my top one.

Mmm it was ok…

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