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lilydoyle6's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty decent sequel. I like the plot, this one had much more of a central story than the other novels did.
raven_blackwood's review against another edition
2.0
What can I say?
Beauty’s Kingdom wasn’t as great a read as the first three books. It lacked the heart of the trilogy. The first three books took me less than three days to read. They were exciting. Begging to be finished. This book took me a few days to get through. I didn’t want to pick it. It was a forced read.
Beauty’s Kingdom wasn’t as great a read as the first three books. It lacked the heart of the trilogy. The first three books took me less than three days to read. They were exciting. Begging to be finished. This book took me a few days to get through. I didn’t want to pick it. It was a forced read.
fatallysassy's review against another edition
5.0
Yes! Thank you Anne Rice for combining your masterful writing with a recreation of forced pleasure slavery to optional BDSM slave role-play. The visual imagery is stunning and this world was far less rape and for more lust.
piercedkl's review against another edition
4.0
Quite good. It wasn't as sexual as the first three books in the "trilogy" were. It focused more on specific characters and stories than just being erotic, bawdy, and sexual.
emmybird86's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked the book, but it did not go with the first three. It felt like the first one of a series or a standalone book.
cabbagewhite's review against another edition
If you are ever inclined to self torture read this series. You'll get curious & then hate yourself afterwards. Why doesn't the brain have an eraser of some sort, could of saved us a lot of agony.
amisner's review against another edition
1.0
Not at all what the first three were. This is the sequel I thought I wanted but shouldn't have gotten.
deborahs's review against another edition
2.0
Since I read the originals long ago, I decided to read this. Yawn. Too long & wordy for my taste.
valcuellar's review against another edition
4.0
Podría ser un libro más corto, la historia se desarrolla totalmente casi al final del libro, pero un gran seguimiento y conclusión sobre la vida de Bella y Laurent.
faerychikk's review against another edition
3.0
I just couldn't get into this one as much as I did the trilogy. The original three were fucking amazing! I recommended them to EVERYONE I knew - or didn't know, I reread them twice within 2 years, I fell in love. Fast forward 10 years. I hear she's written a new book, a sequel. I'm so excited! I buy the book (I never buy books without reading them first) and I lend it to a friend whose also read the trilogy and feels the same way I do about it. She can't get into it. She ends up giving up after a few chapters, gives it back and tells me good luck. I start reading it and feel like I'm reading the wrong book. Beauty is whiny, she has a kingdom, can do whatever the fuck she wants but doesn't because she doesn't want to look bad? The fucking king gets whipped so why can't she? Brenn and Sybil vanish til almost the end like they're an afterthought like "oops, I should wrap that up". It feels like it was written by someone else or she rushed it. It's been 30 years, more time fine tuning it wouldn't have killed her. I am glad I read it cause it would have bothered had I not, but I think she could have done a better job.