A review by ladimcbeth
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

3.0

A retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in turn-of-the-century San Francisco just before the big 1906 quake, the first in series of fairy tales retold with elemental (earth, air, fire, water) magic mixed in. I've become a fan of the series, they're good escapist reading and it's fun to find the parallels to the traditional stories hidden throughout the plot.