Review by ashefaye - The Beast's Labyrinth

ashefaye 's review for:

The Beast's Labyrinth by Abigail Manning, Abigail Manning

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Content Warnings: Blood, death/execution, starvation, selfish/unloving father, slight misogynistic comments

Yes I did devour this book in like 3 days! I’m in a Greek Myth mood because of Epic the musical and this book definitely helped quench some of it.

I absolutely loved the mash up of the 2 stories, the Minotaur and the Labyrinth and Beauty and the Beast. I thought they worked really well together. I loved the nods to each story individually as well. It was written really well, I only griped about one chapter that had a sudden POV change in the middle, I would rather have multiple chapters even if they’re short. But it was definitely easier to figure out the switch between POVs. Also the twist was really good. I wasn’t surprised by it, but I thought it was really interesting.

I loved all the characters! My heart really felt for the beast the moment I read the prologue. His father is absolutely awful and proved that he never actually cared about his family. Normally I don’t care much about the FMCs, but I really saw myself in Theabelle. Just wanting to sacrifice everything for those you love. I loved their relationship together, snarky but still super sweet. On another note, I kind of hope Ceyden gets a redemption story. While I know he’s not the greatest character, I just kinda of felt bad for him and hope that he finally finds someone who will change him too.

I absolutely love this story and I really can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

Content Warnings