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afilmfatale's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Least favorite of the series. Like the short story epilogue.
zakurologeri's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jacovdkooij's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5
A bit more story this time. Very interesting to see beautys progress through all the books. Very sweet ending. Kinda less spicy then the others
jugglingpup's review
1.0
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Ah, so I fell into the trap of reading the fourth book in a trilogy and one that was written a decade after the third book. It is my fault I had to experience this piece of trash. I wish I was being harsh. I enjoy ripping books to shreds, but this book may just be one of the worst things I have ever read. I have never called a book trash before, unless I was describing the genre or a character as trashy. This book is just utter trash.
So this picks up years after the third one. The queen dies and gives the kingdom to Beauty and her partner that never made sense to me anyway. Cool idea, gets everyone back to the kingdom. Except this plot takes the first chunk of the book to even really get going. It was told from alternating points of view of random people. If an erotica needs 100 pages to set it up, you are doing something wrong. The sex scenes are really plain and boring. They are no longer innovative or all that scandalous. They are tired and already done ideas from the first two books. This book is pretty much spanking and pony play. If you liked the first two books, then you have already read all the even remotely interesting parts of this book a dozen times.
The second section details everyone coming back to the court and all the changes. Again, if you have to spend 100 pages setting up an erotica you are doing something wrong. There were so many flashbacks to scenes that were in the first three books that this section can just be skipped for the most part. Nothing is all that exciting. There is nothing to hold my interest in this section that hasn’t already been done and done better.
The third section is why I call this book trash. The last four chapters set up a potential spin-off series or another sequel (I really hope not). There is a chapter that I can only say is the most transphobic wreck I have ever seen and considering people have attempted to kill me for being trans, it is really bad. Just no. The ending was boring, it wasn’t worth reading as many pages as I had to to get there. I only finished because I was hoping that maybe it was me. It wasn’t me.
I have read other books by Rice. I have generally hated them all. They are overly written and really dull. This book fell into that category. It was like she wrote this for her vampire series. It is not part of this series and should never have been written. If you need to rehash sex scenes from the previous three books OVER AND OVER again, then you are out of material and should have stopped instead of forcing a fourth book on us It is supposedly supposed to be a standalone novel in the series, but unless you have read the first three, then it will be even more difficult to get through as there are constant flash backs and plots of the all of the books are mentioned constantly. If you reference E.L. James in the description you should stop. I have read amazing erotic and I have read terrible erotica. This is the worst.
tl;dr
This book is trash. I can’t say a single good thing about it.
Ah, so I fell into the trap of reading the fourth book in a trilogy and one that was written a decade after the third book. It is my fault I had to experience this piece of trash. I wish I was being harsh. I enjoy ripping books to shreds, but this book may just be one of the worst things I have ever read. I have never called a book trash before, unless I was describing the genre or a character as trashy. This book is just utter trash.
So this picks up years after the third one. The queen dies and gives the kingdom to Beauty and her partner that never made sense to me anyway. Cool idea, gets everyone back to the kingdom. Except this plot takes the first chunk of the book to even really get going. It was told from alternating points of view of random people. If an erotica needs 100 pages to set it up, you are doing something wrong. The sex scenes are really plain and boring. They are no longer innovative or all that scandalous. They are tired and already done ideas from the first two books. This book is pretty much spanking and pony play. If you liked the first two books, then you have already read all the even remotely interesting parts of this book a dozen times.
The second section details everyone coming back to the court and all the changes. Again, if you have to spend 100 pages setting up an erotica you are doing something wrong. There were so many flashbacks to scenes that were in the first three books that this section can just be skipped for the most part. Nothing is all that exciting. There is nothing to hold my interest in this section that hasn’t already been done and done better.
The third section is why I call this book trash. The last four chapters set up a potential spin-off series or another sequel (I really hope not). There is a chapter that I can only say is the most transphobic wreck I have ever seen and considering people have attempted to kill me for being trans, it is really bad. Just no. The ending was boring, it wasn’t worth reading as many pages as I had to to get there. I only finished because I was hoping that maybe it was me. It wasn’t me.
I have read other books by Rice. I have generally hated them all. They are overly written and really dull. This book fell into that category. It was like she wrote this for her vampire series. It is not part of this series and should never have been written. If you need to rehash sex scenes from the previous three books OVER AND OVER again, then you are out of material and should have stopped instead of forcing a fourth book on us It is supposedly supposed to be a standalone novel in the series, but unless you have read the first three, then it will be even more difficult to get through as there are constant flash backs and plots of the all of the books are mentioned constantly. If you reference E.L. James in the description you should stop. I have read amazing erotic and I have read terrible erotica. This is the worst.
tl;dr
This book is trash. I can’t say a single good thing about it.
bigbookgeek's review
5.0
First off, if you're among the "50 shades" fandom, you need to read this series to see how erotica SHOULD be written.
Amazing! I have loved this series from the first paragraph of Book 1. Rice has not disappointed when it comes to Beauty's world! I was so excited to hear that she was continuing the story with Beauty's Kingdom, and boy, what a tale it was! We picked up years after the last book, and the adventures of Beauty and her Kingdom will NOT let you down!
Amazing! I have loved this series from the first paragraph of Book 1. Rice has not disappointed when it comes to Beauty's world! I was so excited to hear that she was continuing the story with Beauty's Kingdom, and boy, what a tale it was! We picked up years after the last book, and the adventures of Beauty and her Kingdom will NOT let you down!
ferris_mx's review
1.0
Okayyyyyy, I was prepared to give two stars to this trite continuation. This book clarifies that under the new regime there is more consent, and all the slaves are of age. What?!? The age-ambiguous slaves in the first books were minors? Fuck that. It's an unhealthy hybrid of pure fantasy, like unicorns and excalibur, with an actual consent romance? It did not work.
All the way down to one star for the Mengele potion experiments on slaves at the end.
All the way down to one star for the Mengele potion experiments on slaves at the end.
charlibirb's review
2.0
I've read all 4 Beauty books, and this was, by far, the worst. Too many characters, couldn't follow any "character arcs," (yes... I'm aware this is erotica, and it isn't really about plot,) but I felt like in the other books, I was at least following what was happening, and cared about characters to some extent. This was just a mishmash of people with no conclusion for several of the characters. Not even the erotica was erotic. :(
Read the first 3, then stop.
Read the first 3, then stop.
jesssika's review
2.0
I'm not sure what went wrong here. I am not prudish in the least, but this was terrible. I can see why Rice chose a pseudonym for it and why she didn't continue down this path for long. The plot is difficult from the start, and there is no real connection to the characters because they're all basically slaves who live for pleasure alone. It's as if that's their only capable emotion.
I will admit that after page 100 I just stopped and saved my brain cells. Maybe after that point it got better, but I just doubt it.
I will admit that after page 100 I just stopped and saved my brain cells. Maybe after that point it got better, but I just doubt it.