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Beastly Beauty by Jennifer Donnelly
4.0
Beauty and the Beast with a twist. I like how the beast in this story was a woman. A young woman raised as an aristocrat who is meant to be sweet and compliant so that she can marry well, Arabella is anything but. Arabella has her own mind and own ambitions that are frowned upon. As a result in an attempt to suppress her emotions things take a turn for the worse.
A curse is placed upon Arabella and all of the inhabitants of her family's castle and only an act of true love can break the curse. The author did a great job by portraying Arabella’s emotions as lady's of her court. Her emotions were so strong that they manifested into the physical embodiment of the emotion represented. It's clever how her strongest emotions: Despair, Rage, Fear etc were described as women but her emotions that she gave up on: Hope, Faith and Love were little children.
A failed robbery put Beau in her path. Beau is a thief and he just wants to get back to his little brother who is sick. Of course the castle inhabitants are thrilled to have him there as they feel he may be the one to break the curse.
Arabella and Beau had a rough go at things but once they started spending time together he was able to make her feel things which in turn was loosing the hold her negative emotions had on her.
This was a story of finding a love within in order to break the chains over one's feelings of vulnerability and worthlessness. The more time Beau spent with Arabella the more she opened her heart. The more her heart was open the more she allowed more positive emotions to enter. It was a hard fought battle because Despair, Guilt, Rage, Fear, Shame, Jealousy, Glee, Disdain, Sorrow and Remorse didn't want to release the reigns over Arabella's emotions but with Hope, Faith, Compassion, Pride, Vulnerability, Joy, Love and Beau’s love chiseling away at Arabella's heart only the strong will win.
Unfortunately, time is of the essence and the clock is ticking and if the curse isn't broken by death’s deadline all will be lost. It's a good thing that Arabella has a relentless thief and a couple of determined little girls named Hope and Faith working hard to achieve the impossible.
A curse is placed upon Arabella and all of the inhabitants of her family's castle and only an act of true love can break the curse. The author did a great job by portraying Arabella’s emotions as lady's of her court. Her emotions were so strong that they manifested into the physical embodiment of the emotion represented. It's clever how her strongest emotions: Despair, Rage, Fear etc were described as women but her emotions that she gave up on: Hope, Faith and Love were little children.
A failed robbery put Beau in her path. Beau is a thief and he just wants to get back to his little brother who is sick. Of course the castle inhabitants are thrilled to have him there as they feel he may be the one to break the curse.
Arabella and Beau had a rough go at things but once they started spending time together he was able to make her feel things which in turn was loosing the hold her negative emotions had on her.
This was a story of finding a love within in order to break the chains over one's feelings of vulnerability and worthlessness. The more time Beau spent with Arabella the more she opened her heart. The more her heart was open the more she allowed more positive emotions to enter. It was a hard fought battle because Despair, Guilt, Rage, Fear, Shame, Jealousy, Glee, Disdain, Sorrow and Remorse didn't want to release the reigns over Arabella's emotions but with Hope, Faith, Compassion, Pride, Vulnerability, Joy, Love and Beau’s love chiseling away at Arabella's heart only the strong will win.
Unfortunately, time is of the essence and the clock is ticking and if the curse isn't broken by death’s deadline all will be lost. It's a good thing that Arabella has a relentless thief and a couple of determined little girls named Hope and Faith working hard to achieve the impossible.