reading_utopia00 's review for:

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

3.0

dark slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

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I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me started out captivating and hooked me right away!  It gave Black Swan, Tiny Pretty Things (Netflix series) and Flesh and Bone (STARZ series) vibes.  The story follows Laure Mesney, a black girl, attending an elite school for ballet in Paris, France.  Laure is ostracized from her peers but has hopes and dreams of becoming an etoile. (principal dancer in a ballet company) Josephine (the etoile) befriends her one night and introduces her to a river of blood that gives her powers.  At this point, the story started to lose its momentum.  Laure danced, she went to the river, and used her powers.  From then on it was The Groundhog Day effect.  She also had no relationship with her parents and we never find out why.  I never understood why she considered Coralie her best friend because she was awful to her throughout the entire novel.  I did eventually finish I Feed Her to the Beast but it was definitely a struggle due to the pacing of the book, the constant repetitiveness and several plot holes.