A review by asherz08
A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene

adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

 
K.F. Breene’s, Ruin of Roses is a fantastical, dark, sexy, adventurous, erotic retelling of Beauty and the Beast. 

 

In a cursed, fallen Kingdom infested and controlled by demons, we follow our heroine: Finley. Finley is no damsel in distress and needs no saving. She is fearless, resilient and strong and would do anything to protect her family. 

The curse that has fallen over the Kingdom is a sickness that slowly drains the lives of the people in the village but also prevents and suppresses the people of the village to shapeshift and feel their animal. 

Finley finds and harvests’ a medicinal plant that grows throughout the Kingdom called everlass, and curates an elixir to prolong the lives of the people of her village. She is caught taking the leaves of the everlass from the Forbidden Wood that is guarded by The Beast and taken prisoner in his castle. 

Things tend to get heated up between The Beast and Finley as they spend more and more time together and truths are brought to light about who The Beast is and how the curse happened. 

 

I enjoyed the hell out of this book. I couldn’t help but to picture this as a Beauty and the Beast/The Great (a show on HULU) collaboration. You get the humor and snarky, sexy banter (like in The Great) and debauchery throughout the story along with a shapeshifting/demon twist on the tale of Beauty and the Beast. 

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