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djinnduffy's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very sweet and very quick read. It was genuinely written pretty well, and had some good humor in it. I liked the main characters and the supporting ones too, and enjoyed the conceit of the book (that it’s a gay Beauty and Beast retelling). I felt like the author tried to unnecessarily up the stakes in the end, which was a little
elizabethbaker's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this was a really cute retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with a fun twist at the end. I really enjoyed it
valerieullmerauthor's review against another edition
4.0
A different take on the Beauty and the Beast story where Blaine is kicked out of his house when his family learns he's gay and stumbles upon a new world with witches and werewolves, and he's immediately attracted to Rohan. The relationship is rocky from the start, but it turns into something lasting.
writtenechoes's review against another edition
3.0
This was okay. A gay retelling of beauty and the best but also make it werewolves. For such a short book, this took me forever to read. Mostly because it never really captured my attention.
Blaine, kicked out of the house for being gay, stumbles into the woods and is saved by a witch. He’s taken to a castle in the woods where a pack of werewolves lives. Initially shocked Blaine quickly comes around. What really threw me was Blaine hooking up with Rohan literally days within waking up from a coma??? And he lost his virginity too??? But moments before he said his ex broke up with him because he wouldn’t have sex. And he wanted sex to be special? After that, it was just hard for me to follow. I did like moments of this story. I liked when Blaine was falling in love with Beast and wish there had been more of that but unfortunately that was only 10% of the novel. Beast is turned back into his human form by the 50% mark. The rest of the novel just feels like a bunch of points where it could’ve ended but the author just kept pushing on.
The writing was GOOD and the book was a GOOD time it just felt like … something was missing? And again it was too long. Also the sex scenes were not fade to black but were written very vaguely. Which made them decidedly unromantic to me.
3 stars for Mattie though. He’s the best part of the entire story.
I received an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Blaine, kicked out of the house for being gay, stumbles into the woods and is saved by a witch. He’s taken to a castle in the woods where a pack of werewolves lives. Initially shocked Blaine quickly comes around. What really threw me was Blaine hooking up with Rohan literally days within waking up from a coma??? And he lost his virginity too??? But moments before he said his ex broke up with him because he wouldn’t have sex. And he wanted sex to be special? After that, it was just hard for me to follow. I did like moments of this story. I liked when Blaine was falling in love with Beast and wish there had been more of that but unfortunately that was only 10% of the novel. Beast is turned back into his human form by the 50% mark. The rest of the novel just feels like a bunch of points where it could’ve ended but the author just kept pushing on.
The writing was GOOD and the book was a GOOD time it just felt like … something was missing? And again it was too long. Also the sex scenes were not fade to black but were written very vaguely. Which made them decidedly unromantic to me.
3 stars for Mattie though. He’s the best part of the entire story.
I received an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review.
alexisisreading's review against another edition
3.0
So a goal of mine for 2023 was to branch out and read books I wouldn’t normally pick up and this 100% fit the bill.
What I liked:
- I love retellings but I especially love modern takes on retellings
- Mattie <3
- How you could kind of match up which characters are supposed to be who from the original Beauty and The Beast story
- Sort of gave me Green Creek vibes
What I’m unsure if I liked or not:
- Pacing. Blaine was in bed with Rohan at about 15% into the book and we hadn’t even learned what Rohan’s name even was yet
- After the initial story arc is complete there’s a twist and then further conflict. Because it happens at about 80% in to the book it’s resolved very quickly which is obviously good because then the story isn’t dragged out but I think this specific conflict could have been introduced sooner in the book so it could have been more developed. I sort of just felt like it came out of nowhere
- Some of the sex scenes were good, I don’t know about the first one though, like I mentioned it happens so quickly. It sort of gave me the same vibe of two people having an anonymous hookup after meeting in a club but because of the story it didn’t work that way and sort of felt out of place
What I didn’t like:
- The first chapter was kind of confusing, I didn’t realize what was going on until Blaine is at the castle.
- I wish the other pack members had more scenes with Blaine. It would have made his care for them and his want to stay a bit more believable
I received a copy of this book from Gay Romance Reviews, and this is my honest review.
What I liked:
- I love retellings but I especially love modern takes on retellings
- Mattie <3
- How you could kind of match up which characters are supposed to be who from the original Beauty and The Beast story
- Sort of gave me Green Creek vibes
What I’m unsure if I liked or not:
- Pacing. Blaine was in bed with Rohan at about 15% into the book and we hadn’t even learned what Rohan’s name even was yet
- After the initial story arc is complete there’s a twist and then further conflict. Because it happens at about 80% in to the book it’s resolved very quickly which is obviously good because then the story isn’t dragged out but I think this specific conflict could have been introduced sooner in the book so it could have been more developed. I sort of just felt like it came out of nowhere
- Some of the sex scenes were good, I don’t know about the first one though, like I mentioned it happens so quickly. It sort of gave me the same vibe of two people having an anonymous hookup after meeting in a club but because of the story it didn’t work that way and sort of felt out of place
What I didn’t like:
- The first chapter was kind of confusing, I didn’t realize what was going on until Blaine is at the castle.
- I wish the other pack members had more scenes with Blaine. It would have made his care for them and his want to stay a bit more believable
I received a copy of this book from Gay Romance Reviews, and this is my honest review.
__livesbtweenpgs__'s review against another edition
2.0
"It was a lover's heartbeat, sure and steady, a pair of arms wrapped around you through the night with the promise that you'd be safe when morning came, no matter how bad the darkness got.
Well that was an interesting take on one of my all time favorites.
I was surprised at the way this one played out, I knew the gist of it because obviously Beauty & the beast retelling.
The added factors of Magic.
The pack aspect of wolves.
The hiding in plain sight.
But most importantly the added characters that just made this book more.
Surprised doesn't even cut it when not only do we get 1 bad guy or ex, then we get another who is a whole lot more than we bargained for as well as Blaine. It was just the cherry on top of an already good story.
It isn't often I come across a book that had me going "hmm" a quarter of the way through because honestly I was stumped until I wasn't.
Blaine & Rohan gave me a different look at beauty and the beast and by the end of the book I enjoyed the adventure I took to the hollows and then to Argentina.
Well that was an interesting take on one of my all time favorites.
I was surprised at the way this one played out, I knew the gist of it because obviously Beauty & the beast retelling.
The added factors of Magic.
The pack aspect of wolves.
The hiding in plain sight.
But most importantly the added characters that just made this book more.
Surprised doesn't even cut it when not only do we get 1 bad guy or ex, then we get another who is a whole lot more than we bargained for as well as Blaine. It was just the cherry on top of an already good story.
It isn't often I come across a book that had me going "hmm" a quarter of the way through because honestly I was stumped until I wasn't.
Blaine & Rohan gave me a different look at beauty and the beast and by the end of the book I enjoyed the adventure I took to the hollows and then to Argentina.
daisylibraryy's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't read many fairy-tale retellings but if it's MM you bet I'm gonna read it and give it a chance,
This was honestly such a great read and I liked that even though this book was't too long it gave you everything you needed and didn't leave anything missing like some other "short" books.
And if there is a chance of other characters getting a book, story of their own I'd love to read it and for them all to find a HEA.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This was honestly such a great read and I liked that even though this book was't too long it gave you everything you needed and didn't leave anything missing like some other "short" books.
"You like him."
"I do," I addmitted...
And if there is a chance of other characters getting a book, story of their own I'd love to read it and for them all to find a HEA.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
bee63's review against another edition
2.0
2.5/5 ⭐️
The book was not bad but also not good. Insta-love is just not my thing and the chemistry between the MCs felt off. The last bit of the book felt unnecessary.
Idk if it’s just me but I was a bit disappointed when I found out that this was set in a modern age. I wasn’t expecting phones at all. But that just me though.
The book was not bad but also not good. Insta-love is just not my thing and the chemistry between the MCs felt off. The last bit of the book felt unnecessary.
Idk if it’s just me but I was a bit disappointed when I found out that this was set in a modern age. I wasn’t expecting phones at all. But that just me though.
write_of_passages's review against another edition
3.0
There isn't much that needs to be said about this one. It fulfilled every expectation set out by the blurb. A fun, light and easy supernatural romance to pass a quiet evening reading at home. What you see is what you get and I'm content with the few hours I spent reading this. :)