Of Beast and Beauty: Daughters of Eville, Book 1

Great twists and turns. Can't wait to start reading the next one. It was an easy read, and I enjoyed learning all the characters along the way.

Quick read and an enjoyable story, the ending felt both rushed and dragged out but was genuinely a good read.

A book that has love, adventure, magic, unforeseen circumstances. Looking for a book that has you wanting to read more? Then you’ve come to the right place

Beauty and the Beast must be my favorite fairytale. Goodness knows I've read dozens of interpretations. This one by Hahn rates up toward the top. In fact, now I'm interested in the others in the series. She writes about complex characters who seem stuck in their roles, full of prejudice, and unbendable. And yet they learn, they grow, they change and learn to love. Magic plays a big part of the story throughout. I loved how strong the emotions came through. My heart ached for Rosalie. I cheered whenever she stood her ground and put Prince Xander in his place. And even though we were never in Xander's point of view. Hahn did a great job giving subtle hints that let me know his true feelings, even if Rose didn't catch on. It made the push and pull, the ups and downs of conflict and tension between them even weightier. This is definitely worth your time if you like Beauty and the Beast.I give the book a solid 5 and a PG rating. The physical attraction is handled well, and the closed door intimacy is between husband and wife.1-5 scale and what it means:1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love4: Solid mind candy / worth reading4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

I am so uncertain of how to rate this book. Had I only been up to three quarters through this book it would have been 5 stars hands down. That last quarter of the book though, that really messed up the whole of the book.Let me start of by saying that for a retelling I’m absolutely blown away by its plot and originality. I fell in love with Rosalie pretty much from the start the way the story was built with the whole world against her. Through it all though she came out strong, independent and even charmingly wicked at times. She was such a complex character that it was very easy to feel and relate to her even when she did things that were kind of messed up. The enemies to lover theme between her and Xander were spot on and fit very well in the plot, her being married off to a prince who had grown up believing anything with magic was evil. Not only that, but her replacing the original bride to be spun some real heat, hatred and drama between them and the cruelty and unfairness of his treatment towards her hit me right in the heart. Just like a really good enemies to lovers drama should.That being said, I am so saddened by how the last quarter of the book turned out. I mean no offense to the author but it almost felt like it was written by someone else. Up to that point the writing had been beautiful, it had been deep and it had been clever. However, as soon as Xander’s heart truly thawed for Rosalie the story became such a rushed mess. It was like the author knew how to write a good story about enemies, but had no experience on how to write about lovers because it went from zero to one hundred right then and there. As soon as they admitted their feelings the characters lost all that amazing depth they previously had and Xander even became a whole different person from what was previously built up. Suddenly he had no reservations, no fear of magic and became sickeningly sweet and cheesy. It became so unrealistic due to no development or characterization leading naturally to this. It was literally one page he was the Xander we knew and the next this polar opposite carbon copy.That’s not all though. The book had been amazingly clever on sneaking in twists and secrets up until that point that flowed naturally with the story. But after that threshold was passed revelations after revelations and twists after twists were pumped out and thrown into the story haphazardly and most not fitting well at all with what was going on. It even became kind of ridiculous some of the stuff almost to the point of me rolling my eyes, like Rosalie dying from starvation one second and then being able to run around and fight the next. The worst though, being the evil villain monologues and the villains being villains and doing villainy things “just because”. That only belong in children’s fairy tales, and while this is a retelling of Beauty and the beast the start of the story had set a completely other tone that this fairy tale aspect just felt forced and out of place.The ending of this story left me so unsatisfied. I had so wanted Xander to take accountability and own up to the things he had said and done to her. All that mess above removed any chance of that ever happening and although I liked the reunion and the happily ever after, the book left me bereft. Hopefully the upcoming books will save this one if I decide to continue reading.

Lady Eville is set on getting revenge and so when she receives an invitation to Prince Xander's wedding she knows she finally has an opening. She selects her oldest adopted daughter Rosalie and goes to Xander's kingdom and the next day everything has changed and Rosalie finds herself married to Prince Xander. Lady Eville has finally gotten revenge but this story is so much more.Of Beast and Beauty is the first book in the Daughters of Eville series and is an enemy to lovers story. Lady Eville has adopted seven daughters, one from each of the kingdoms. Nobody really knows how she has come to adopt these daughters but each is beautiful and powerful with magic. Rosalie is the first daughter, beautiful and fair, and the most powerful. This story is full of secrets, betrayal, revenge, hope, and love. Even though there is hate, on both Xander and Rosalie's sides, Rosalie still helps and does what needs to be done because she is true to her word. While both Xander and Rosalie are trying to find a way out of their marriage, they are also finding themselves conflicted about their feelings toward one another. This was a really good read and I can't wait to see what happens in book two with another of Rosalie's sisters.

I honestly liked this book. I was predicting the prince being the beast but I'm happy I was wrong. Still a beast but not the bad one. This book had so many twist and turns and honestly. I was shocked I only guessed one correctly. This is definitely something I would let the kids read.

It was amazing.Enemies to lovers, each character had it's own plot twist and this is the reason why it's so fluid to read.Rose is a great female lead. Her way to think and act it's interesting and her interactions with the others ( especially the ones with her sister) are fascinating.Xander is also a great character even though I hated him some times.You can think that it's going to be like every Retelling but it's totally new in some form.There's not just Belle or a Beast and a "Gaston "( The hunter) There's much more and more.It keeps you until the end. Epic and Amazing!!Foi uma leitura incrível.Um Enemies to lovers onde cada personagem parece ter seu próprio plot twist te deixando ansioso para saber mais e torna a história muito fluída.Rose é uma ótima protagonista feminina. O jeitinho dela é interessante e as interações dela com os outros são sempre fascinantes. (especialmente com as irmãs dela)Xander também é muito bom mesmo que eu tenha odiado ele algumas vezes.Você pode pensar que vai ser como qualquer releitura mas é algo realmente novo. Não existe apenas uma bela , uma fera e um caçador , tem muito mais. A magia transborda nesse mundo mesmo que muitos odeiem ela . E te prende até o fim. Incrível e épico!!

A beautiful retailing of beauty and the beast but with a fresh storyline and amazing characters and twist!! Will definitely be reading the rest of the series as they tie together uniquely

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A stunningly beautiful read.We meet the Ice queen; the story is told from her point of view, with a few chapters from the princes.She’s cold, and cruel and unforgiving, at least that’s how people see her, once her icy exterior is broken, we see the real person begin to shine through.At first, I did not like her at all, but the more I read the more I begin to empathise with her.Her mother has made some sort of deal to be betrothed to the prince, but the prince was set to marry someone else. He condemned her, curse her, and confines her to a room.Rosalie use of Magic is…. Intriguing, she puts on Glams to disguise herself as her servant, so she can roam the castle grounds.The kingdom where she is now, has no magic she is forced to dig deep beneath the earth for it. it weakens her somewhat. however, the more she uses it the stronger she becomes.There is a beast roaming the kingdom killing, somehow Rosalie dreams of it and is linked to death, she wakes with blood on her hands more than once. She believes that she is cursed.War, magic, Trolls, who like to dress up in girls’ clothes and of course Love.There is more, a lot more, too much I want to say in this review but I fear I will give too much away.I was hooked, once I started reading, I could not stop…. The story is fantastic, the Magic is… well Magic… this is one of the best Beauty and the beast retellings I have read in a long time….Seriously, do not take my word for it read for yourself.

Beauty and the Beast but make the Beauty a witch and her mother a woman fear in the seven kindoms. Beautiful enemies to lovers full of surprises