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A review by lifeinthebooklane
Beast by A. Zavarelli
4.0
I loved this retelling of the classic fairy-tale, I wasn't sure if I would as they've never appealed to me before but thank goodness I did read this.
Isabella is lonely, heartbroken over her Dad and has pretty much lost any say in her life. What little freedom she had disappears when she meets Javi, and her life becomes very difficult and confusing. I really liked both main characters, even though I shouldn't. However by writing from both POV's we get to see that Javi isn't the man either he OR Bella believe him to be.
Whilst this book contains some incredibly dark scenes and elements I didn't find it as hard to read as I did with, for example, parts of Reaper. Whether this was because the book felt slightly less 'real', if it was because of the way Bella responded to Javi emotionally or it was due to his internal conflict I'm not sure. What I do know is that the excellent writing of Ms Zavarelli made this a story that I couldn't put down, once I began to read it.
My word the plot twists and turns, the suspense, the lies, the secrets and the sorrow all mesh into one amazing read. Just when I thought I knew what would happen next, pow, the story kicks of in another, completely unexpected, direction. The last few chapters held so many surprises, changes of direction and plot twists that my head almost span. However A. Zavarelli is such a talented author that despite all that was going off, it never confused me or left me having to re-read paragraphs to clarify what was happening.
Have tissues ready because despite hoping for that happy ever after, there are a lot of shocks along the way.
Isabella is lonely, heartbroken over her Dad and has pretty much lost any say in her life. What little freedom she had disappears when she meets Javi, and her life becomes very difficult and confusing. I really liked both main characters, even though I shouldn't. However by writing from both POV's we get to see that Javi isn't the man either he OR Bella believe him to be.
Whilst this book contains some incredibly dark scenes and elements I didn't find it as hard to read as I did with, for example, parts of Reaper. Whether this was because the book felt slightly less 'real', if it was because of the way Bella responded to Javi emotionally or it was due to his internal conflict I'm not sure. What I do know is that the excellent writing of Ms Zavarelli made this a story that I couldn't put down, once I began to read it.
My word the plot twists and turns, the suspense, the lies, the secrets and the sorrow all mesh into one amazing read. Just when I thought I knew what would happen next, pow, the story kicks of in another, completely unexpected, direction. The last few chapters held so many surprises, changes of direction and plot twists that my head almost span. However A. Zavarelli is such a talented author that despite all that was going off, it never confused me or left me having to re-read paragraphs to clarify what was happening.
Have tissues ready because despite hoping for that happy ever after, there are a lot of shocks along the way.