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The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino

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undadarsea's review against another edition

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dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

nieve24's review against another edition

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4.0

This book certainly made me feel lots of different emotions! I loved getting to know more about the prince’s backstory, showing what he was like before he became the beast and how that then influenced his development into one! I also loved the use of characters to add more depth to the story with plenty of little twists along the way!

I did however feel that the relationship between Belle and the Beast could of been explored a lot more to add more depth, as it felt a bit glossed over in some places especially when coming to the end of the book!

But overall I enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend! I can’t wait to read the next one in the series.

penniew79's review against another edition

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4.0

Beauty and the Beast is my favorite of all of the Disney movies. So I was looking forward to this. I was curious why the beast made it to the villains book, since the character wasn’t really a villain. But as I read it, I understood. You get the backstory of his transformation. Now from the other books I’ve read, they made the back stories tie in perfectly with the movies. This one did not. Maybe I noticed it more since it is my favorite movie. But to be tied in smoothly with the movie the Beast would have been cursed by just one witch, who had not been a fiancé. She was someone who came to his door for help and he turned her away because she looked like a hag. Then she turned beautiful. But I was able to over look that part. The parts that I couldn’t get past were different. For one Gaston and he being friends. That seems impossible. Because when belle tries to tell him about the beast he thinks she’s crazy so she has to show him the beast through the mirror. He thought she made him and the castle up. But if he was a friend he knew he existed and especially when she spoke of the castle. Also, Gaston had her come to the prince’s party before he turned into the beast?! Belle had never been to the castle before. Also the items around the house told her they had been transformed years ago. In the book it just happens before belle comes. I don’t know, it was kind of a let down compared to how well the other books tied into the movies.

jade's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

melissaloritz's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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cozywithsam's review against another edition

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2.0

Not bad, but wasn't the biggest fan and was a little disappointed. I definitely thought some of this series was interesting, but not what I was expecting. I kinda had to force myself to finish it, and I listened to it on audible. Oof.