3 of 5 stars
I've read quite a
few of Ms. McKnight's books and really enjoy her stories, but this retelling of
"Beauty and the Beast" didn't quite capture me the way I had hoped it
would. Ms. Adeline Price is a feisty heroine bordering on brattiness who always
wants to have her own way. When she is rescued by Jasper, Earl of Ailesbury
from a broken down carriage in a terrifying thunderstorm, he takes her back to
home. She is further delayed from returning to London by a series of
circumstances. During the 1.5 days she spends with Jasper, she glimpses his
kindness and goodness as he takes care of his servants and the people in the
village.
I loved Jasper as
the Beast. Ms. McKnight did an excellent job of showing his compassionate side.
The scarred beast of a man has a heart of gold. Adeline, on the other hand,
wasn't very likable. Her fiery temper and arguments with her brother makes her
unsympathetic to me. Then spending a few more hours in Jasper's company and
she's totally in love with him? That seemed unrealistic--in less than 3 days,
she's wants to spend the rest of her life with him. I realize this is a
retelling of the fairytale, but I wanted more interaction between the two
before they both fell deeply in love. And at the end there was a timing
issue--was it a month or several months since she last saw him? Both timelines
were mentioned and it was confusing. I'm a fan of Ms. McKnight, but this book
just didn't speak to me the way some of her other books do.
I received a copy
of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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