Reviewed by shannonmiz on
I just really didn't have strong feelings about this book. Yeva was a fine character, though I didn't feel particularly connected to her. I enjoyed it enough while I was reading, hoping to find out what happened. But I also felt as though I knew what would happen, it felt quite predictable, and maybe that is just because it is a retelling? I am not sure.
The romance was... there. Look, I knew that "Beauty" (Yeva's nickname from her dad) and Beast were going to end up together because... hello, it's the whole original story, right? So I never felt a real sense of urgency there, nor a ton of chemistry. Especially since for a long part of it, he was her captor and I think he wasn't even actually human, so there's that. Val @ The Innocent Smiley did a whole post on the captor-captive relationship in regards to this book, if you're interested in that angle!
I think I was actually more interested in it when she was with her sisters and such, and not so much when she was hanging out alone with Beast, but this could be me missing the point. I did enjoy the Russian part though. That was probably my favorite thing about the book. And that Yeva was a pretty tough MC who was willing to do anything for her family.
Bottom Line: By no means a bad book, just a bit underwhelming for me. Yeva was a strong character, the book was readable enough, I just didn't feel that "something special".
*Copy provided by publisher for review
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