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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very enjoyable beauty and the beast retelling stuffed to the Gilles with references both to general sci fi and pop culture as well as B&B specifically. A lot of great call outs to the Disney movie dialogue. I did the audiobook and the female narrator pronounced Vance’s last name as “ree- gans” instead of “ray-ns” so that was a little odd, especially when we got to the ‘reign it in’ type puns about Vance. Also Vance’s narrator did a fairly whiney/nasally voice for Rosie which did not fit with her character or her own narrator so that was a little jarring. Otherwise the narration was great, especially the emotion that both characters were feeling was well expressed.
P.s. when are we getting the actual Starfield novels!
P.s. when are we getting the actual Starfield novels!
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Had me hesitant to continue reading at the start. Kinda bland, but some interactions were funny and nice during about half way through the book or something. Third act breakup was lame as hell, but that fighting scene made me chuckle a bit. Everything after that moment was cringe. Overall, it was just semi-decent.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5
Been a while since I've read a YA/Fiction set in a high school. It was definitely weird considering I was working at a high school during the days I was reading this.
Great written voice.
Love the queer/bisexual/nonbinary representation.
Been a while since I've read a YA/Fiction set in a high school. It was definitely weird considering I was working at a high school during the days I was reading this.
Great written voice.
Love the queer/bisexual/nonbinary representation.
Cute. I found the Beauty & The Beast references and parallels to be clever and mostly believable. I also appreciated that Rosie was strong and that there were not the toxic abuse-cycle elements in the Disney animated B&B movie. The coincidences were easy to anticipate. I haven't read the past 2, so I didn't really know much about the Starfield universe. I'm not sure whether my middle-school romance readers would stick with that for the romance story.
Told in alternating chapters from Rosie and Vance's points of view
LGBTQ+ rep: bi/pansexual lead, other bi/pansexual character(s), non-binary best friend
CW: death of parent; toxic Gaston-type bully character; a few kisses; reference to kinky/smutty fanfic without any details; no teenaged drinking or drug use
Told in alternating chapters from Rosie and Vance's points of view
LGBTQ+ rep: bi/pansexual lead, other bi/pansexual character(s), non-binary best friend
CW: death of parent; toxic Gaston-type bully character; a few kisses; reference to kinky/smutty fanfic without any details; no teenaged drinking or drug use
This was a great mashup of Beauty and the Beast meets 10 Things I Hate About You, and I enjoyed it a lot!
I absolutely love Beauty and the Beast and so I’m a sucker when it comes to any Beauty and the Beast retellings. So, once I heard about this, I had to read it!
I literally read this book in one day! I couldn’t put it down. I love Ashley Poston’s books. She just does so well with retellings and makes them enjoyable reads, like Soul of Stars(which if you’ve never read that duology, you should because it’s amazing and it’s an Anastasia retelling
I literally read this book in one day! I couldn’t put it down. I love Ashley Poston’s books. She just does so well with retellings and makes them enjoyable reads, like Soul of Stars(which if you’ve never read that duology, you should because it’s amazing and it’s an Anastasia retelling