A review by bibliomaineiac
Beauty by Susan Wilson

3.0

I wanted to really like this novel. And I did like it. Until near the end. The ending felt rushed. Somewhat of a "hurry up, we need to end this book." In my opinion, it had the potential to be so much more. Something of a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. An artist is hired to paint the portrait of a recluse with a deformity. I was quite enjoying it, until a certain point (no spoilers, I'm just leaving it at that). And then, as I said, it felt like the author had somewhere to be, and couldn't finish writing the novel later, so just hurried the story along to end it. This could have easily been a 4 star rating, but for that. Still, I'm not sad that I read it.