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Enchanting Fate
by Ashley Evercott
I’m gonna be straight forward with you in that I received a copy of this e-ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review based on my feelings after reading it.
First, since my summary and breakdown *will* contain some spoilers: I’m giving this book a 3.75- a definite good read! Fun and worth the time, it’s a short romp in an interesting retelling of Beauty and the Beast. (FYI Anything above three stars is firmly in my “Definitely worth a read” rating range)
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Ok, onto the spoilery meat of the review!!
The beast -Henri- is a real mean son of a bitch. Not just your standard gruff, no manners, spoiled young man sort of way. He’s got a mean borne of abuse and neglect and it shows. While I don’t fault his actions in the very beginning of the book (I’d probably even do the same) and feel they’re a bit of poetic justice, his continued behavior justified his condemnation as the Beast.
Marguerite, our hapless heroine is sweet and determined but it seems like everything she does lands her in a further quagmire. Her fathers business is failing and her entitled hag of a mother and wretched twat of a sister place the blame on *her* for not securing a match with a wealthy and shit-stained personality of a husband. When they’re forced to move into the countryside and live within their new means, Marguerite tries to find her spoiled sisters lost dog to make her feel better- thus landing herself in the enchanted manor of the Beast.
Claude is Henri’s valet and loyal friend, and also cursed (along with all the other servants at the manor) because of his masters behavior and poor choices. He is kind, sincere and well meaning and it means he gets run roughshod by not only Henri but by others at the manor, namely Isa.
Isa. She’s a piece of work and the one character I can say I firmly dislike as a person. She’s pretentious and “holier than thou”. She’s a genuinely horrible friend and a bully, and I don’t care that her behavior is borne out of having her feelings hurt. She’s unsympathetic, aloof and honestly I couldn’t find myself caring about her at all. She thinks because she’s had a painful experience it’s her job to henpeck others into line and force them into her idea of propriety.
These characters come together to weave an interesting and vibrant take on a well loved story format and I’m really looking forward to seeing what else the author has in store for the world she’s building.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
First, since my summary and breakdown *will* contain some spoilers: I’m giving this book a 3.75- a definite good read! Fun and worth the time, it’s a short romp in an interesting retelling of Beauty and the Beast. (FYI Anything above three stars is firmly in my “Definitely worth a read” rating range)
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Ok, onto the spoilery meat of the review!!
The beast -Henri- is a real mean son of a bitch. Not just your standard gruff, no manners, spoiled young man sort of way. He’s got a mean borne of abuse and neglect and it shows. While I don’t fault his actions in the very beginning of the book (I’d probably even do the same) and feel they’re a bit of poetic justice, his continued behavior justified his condemnation as the Beast.
Marguerite, our hapless heroine is sweet and determined but it seems like everything she does lands her in a further quagmire. Her fathers business is failing and her entitled hag of a mother and wretched twat of a sister place the blame on *her* for not securing a match with a wealthy and shit-stained personality of a husband. When they’re forced to move into the countryside and live within their new means, Marguerite tries to find her spoiled sisters lost dog to make her feel better- thus landing herself in the enchanted manor of the Beast.
Claude is Henri’s valet and loyal friend, and also cursed (along with all the other servants at the manor) because of his masters behavior and poor choices. He is kind, sincere and well meaning and it means he gets run roughshod by not only Henri but by others at the manor, namely Isa.
Isa. She’s a piece of work and the one character I can say I firmly dislike as a person. She’s pretentious and “holier than thou”. She’s a genuinely horrible friend and a bully, and I don’t care that her behavior is borne out of having her feelings hurt. She’s unsympathetic, aloof and honestly I couldn’t find myself caring about her at all. She thinks because she’s had a painful experience it’s her job to henpeck others into line and force them into her idea of propriety.
These characters come together to weave an interesting and vibrant take on a well loved story format and I’m really looking forward to seeing what else the author has in store for the world she’s building.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.