Comments on: REVIEW: The Spanish Duke’s Virgin Bride by Chantelle Shaw http://goodbadandunread.com/2010/02/05/review-the-spanish-duke%e2%80%99s-virgin-bride-by-chantelle-shaw/ Reading, Ranting and Reviewing by Readers Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: AnimeJune http://goodbadandunread.com/2010/02/05/review-the-spanish-duke%e2%80%99s-virgin-bride-by-chantelle-shaw/comment-page-1/#comment-156010 AnimeJune Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:45:43 +0000 http://goodbadandunread.com/?p=8879#comment-156010 For a good modern Beauty and the Beast retelling (so long as you don't mind YA - I certainly don't!) I recommend BEASTLY by Alex Flinn. It has magic, and the roses, ugliness etc, told from the point of view of the Beast - a 15-year-old trust fund kid who picks on the wrong Goth kid at school. There, even though the story is predictable (I think we all know the tale of B and B by now), the emotions rang true, and for once we get the story from the Beast's side instead of Beauty's! This book you've reviewed just sounds silly. For a good modern Beauty and the Beast retelling (so long as you don’t mind YA – I certainly don’t!) I recommend BEASTLY by Alex Flinn. It has magic, and the roses, ugliness etc, told from the point of view of the Beast – a 15-year-old trust fund kid who picks on the wrong Goth kid at school.

There, even though the story is predictable (I think we all know the tale of B and B by now), the emotions rang true, and for once we get the story from the Beast’s side instead of Beauty’s!

This book you’ve reviewed just sounds silly.

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