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Hunted
by Meagan Spooner
I loved this version of the tale. Beauty is a forward, aggressive, hunting main character, and I love her for it. She's not into hunting because it's the opposite of sewing and being "feminine", she loves hunting because she just [i]does[/i], because it speaks to her, because it's something more, and I think it's wonderful.
I thought the interspersions of the Beast's point of view were well done. It took me a while to realize why they were formatted the way they are, but there definitely a few really good tugs on the heart strings while reading his POV.
The romance developed slowly, which was nice—Beauty and the Beast become friends first. I'm a lover of the Beauty and the Beast retelling, so I wasn't looking for any instances of Stockholm Syndrome (I wonder if anyone has done a B&B retelling with someone aware of what Stockholm Syndrome is. It would be an interesting take on it.)
I read this book right after the [b:The Bear and the Nightingale|25489134|The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)|Katherine Arden|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1470731420s/25489134.jpg|45268929], which was problematic, because Arden delves really deeply into Russian culture and Spooner doesn't. If it wasn't for that, I would have passed over the Americanisms in this adaptation without an issue. As it was, I came from a book with a Russian glossary at the back to a book where Beauty calls her father "Daddy". Eh.
Overall, a great book. Very enjoyable. One of my favorite Beauty and the Beast retellings.
I thought the interspersions of the Beast's point of view were well done. It took me a while to realize why they were formatted the way they are, but there definitely a few really good tugs on the heart strings while reading his POV.
The romance developed slowly, which was nice—Beauty and the Beast become friends first. I'm a lover of the Beauty and the Beast retelling, so I wasn't looking for any instances of Stockholm Syndrome (I wonder if anyone has done a B&B retelling with someone aware of what Stockholm Syndrome is. It would be an interesting take on it.)
I read this book right after the [b:The Bear and the Nightingale|25489134|The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)|Katherine Arden|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1470731420s/25489134.jpg|45268929], which was problematic, because Arden delves really deeply into Russian culture and Spooner doesn't. If it wasn't for that, I would have passed over the Americanisms in this adaptation without an issue. As it was, I came from a book with a Russian glossary at the back to a book where Beauty calls her father "Daddy". Eh.
Overall, a great book. Very enjoyable. One of my favorite Beauty and the Beast retellings.