sarahc_98 's review for:

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

4.0

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I was hoping to read a good fairy tale when I picked this one off the shelf, and I wasn't disappointed. The good fairy tales leave you with a sense of wonder and the added encouragement that good will persevere over evil and romance will bloom. It helps that Beauty and the Beast seems to be McKinley's favorite tale. This is a story told from Beauty's viewpoint; so the muzzy confusion that I would normally find distracting in the enchanted manor works very well in making the reader experience an enchanted world through Beauty's eyes. I only wish [b:Beauty and the Beast|41424|Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast|Robin McKinley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169613617s/41424.jpg|2321285] had interacted with each other more.