A review by faerychikk
Beauty's Kingdom by A.N. Roquelaure

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.