elizprofuncko's review
2.0
Me da un poco de pena este libro, porque si hubiese ahondado más en el desarrollo y en las relaciones entre los personajes sería perfecto.
alyram4's review
4.0
OMG LOVE THIS 4.5/5
Nyx is so sassy and snarky and I love her so much. She doesn't take shit from anybody and is so strong. She's such a relatable character. Ignifex is someone I ADORED. I love how their stories intertwine, and how something that should only end in death has hope to succeed. Shade is also...interesting to say the least. (you'll know what I mean lol). Couldn't care less for Nyx's sister, and I don't even remember much of her to be fair. Honestly, I just had a good time with this, and I love the ending! Can't wait to read the next book!
Nyx is so sassy and snarky and I love her so much. She doesn't take shit from anybody and is so strong. She's such a relatable character. Ignifex is someone I ADORED. I love how their stories intertwine, and how something that should only end in death has hope to succeed. Shade is also...interesting to say the least. (you'll know what I mean lol). Couldn't care less for Nyx's sister, and I don't even remember much of her to be fair. Honestly, I just had a good time with this, and I love the ending! Can't wait to read the next book!
valoria's review
3.0
I would've given it 5 stars but I thought the end was weak for such a phenomenal book. And also
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Lux just doesn't seem familiar to me. I was completely in love with Ignifex but now... I have mixed feelings about that ending.oreosandcreme's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
booksabrewin's review
5.0
I received an e-copy of this book from the publishers at Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Growing up one of my favorite stories was the story of Beauty and the Beast. I was read the book, I watched the movie, and I dreamed of a grand love that overcame evil and a library filled with every book I could ever want. I had heard some amazing things about certain fairytale retellings and when I learned of one in particular that featured Beauty and the Beast, I was so excited. That book was Cruel Beauty. I was dying to dive into the book and lose myself in a different take on a tale as old as time.
Nyx's story begins when she is preparing to marry the Gentle Lord as her father bargained. In order to fill her father's obligation she was become the wife of the ruler of their lands. A demon some say. An ugly beast of a man with glowing red eyes who will likely kill her the moment she is brought to the disheveled castle she is to live in with him. But the Gentle Lord is not ugly, he does have glowing red eyes, but he is extremely handsome. That does not make up for his monstrous behavior. For all intents and purposes, Nyx knows that even with astounding beauty the Gentle Lord, Ignifex he calls himself, is pure evil.
Nyx spends her days searching for the four elements of the house in order to bring down the Gentle Lord's magically enchanted home and free herself and her people from their confines. As she plots the demise of Ignifex she is forced to get to know him as well. Along the way, she learns that there is more to the demonic man than meets the eye and she may just be able to entertain the idea of falling in love with him.
Eventually Nyx is faced with the ultimate decision: stay with the man she loves and leave her town to their misery or give up her love and free her town for all time.
As I stated before, I was incredibly excited to read this book. And I was surprised how different it was from the classic Beauty and the Beast story. However, it had some fine points to it that rang true in my childhood tale. I loved that it branched out so wide from the foundation of the original concept and made it completely different. No there were no singing teapots or stodgy clocks, but the relationship between Beauty and the Beast was similar to Nyx and Ignifex.
The language was very proper and sometimes a bit hard to understand until it is reread in the accurate inflections. I did listen to part of the book on audiobook which helped a lot, but audiobooks always seem too slow for me. I read faster than they do since I'm not focusing on every word and syllable. That was my only criticism and it isn't even that much of one. I loved the book, proper language and all.
Cruel Beauty is a fantastic retelling of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast that rivets its reader and drags them into a world where the bad guy has depths beyond destroying the hero.
Review Posted on: http://www.ladybugliterature.blogspot.com
nata_sa_b's review against another edition
4.0
Toto bolo takmer epické, takmer :D Síce moja teória bola z polovice pravdivá, takže aj tak som približne uhádla hlavnú zápletku, ale aj tak sa mi to veľmi páčilo :3 Ignefix a Nyx boli úžasní a ich rozhovory sa mi veľmi páčili :3 Žeby ďalšie OTP???
Len škoda toho konca, síce som bola ako na ihlách, ale autorka to mohla ešte viac zdramatizovať, čo by som určite neprežila, ale potom by to vážne bolo epické!!! <3
Len škoda toho konca, síce som bola ako na ihlách, ale autorka to mohla ešte viac zdramatizovať, čo by som určite neprežila, ale potom by to vážne bolo epické!!! <3
nata_sa_b's review against another edition
4.0
Jeden z mojich obľúbených retellingov na Krásku a Zviera! :3 A jedna z mála kníh, ktoré som čítala dvakrát.
opcarder's review
4.0
I enjoyed the story of this book. The characters and the mystery were very interesting but I found cit kind of hard to follow. The world could have been esplanade better and the interactions between the characters could have been more clear. I spent a lot of this book confused by what was happening. The story seemed to rush in places and in others it dragged. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this book but it could have been a lot better. I don't know if it is because this book is fantasy but it seemed very unrealistic to me. The interactions and the motivations of the characters were really hard for me to relate to. I think because of the hype, I expected more form this book.