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A review by ambersmith1_2
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
5.0
**Spoilers**
I loved this book from beginning to end. There were hints to what was going to happen with the two guys, hints that they were one so it wasn't really a plot twist. The characters had even mentioned it at one point. But it was still an amazing way of writing the actual reveal that they were one. We knew for almost half the book, but the reveal was so well-written that it didn't even matter. I truly loved this book, it is now one of my top favorites that I've ever read. The fact that even though she remembered nothing about him, and still went after him was cute. A seven year old child hearing about this lonely prince that you can only see one night a year and saying "I want to marry that man" and later on she finally finds out the truth, and that she did at one point marry that man. And she will do it again. I loved that it tied up all loose ends, telling how she was able to beat The Kindly Ones in a way that actually made sense. Yes it's a fantasy book, but there was still actual reason behind it. It wasn't just oh yeah she magically fixed things that she'd screwed up in a past life. There was a real way she did it and there was really no way The Kindly Ones could have went back on what happened. They'd lost and she'd won. She got to be with him in both lives. Only in this one, people didn't think it was wrong and try to stop them. We don't ever see the marriage or what happens with the festival but we can all tell that the two of them did indeed marry. And I find that cute. It's kind of like that saying that you'll always meet your soulmate in every lifetime. They changed the times and everything was different, yet they still met and still married in another life. They lived two lives with each other and met in both. It was the perfect mix of fantasy and reality.
I loved this book from beginning to end. There were hints to what was going to happen with the two guys, hints that they were one so it wasn't really a plot twist. The characters had even mentioned it at one point. But it was still an amazing way of writing the actual reveal that they were one. We knew for almost half the book, but the reveal was so well-written that it didn't even matter. I truly loved this book, it is now one of my top favorites that I've ever read. The fact that even though she remembered nothing about him, and still went after him was cute. A seven year old child hearing about this lonely prince that you can only see one night a year and saying "I want to marry that man" and later on she finally finds out the truth, and that she did at one point marry that man. And she will do it again. I loved that it tied up all loose ends, telling how she was able to beat The Kindly Ones in a way that actually made sense. Yes it's a fantasy book, but there was still actual reason behind it. It wasn't just oh yeah she magically fixed things that she'd screwed up in a past life. There was a real way she did it and there was really no way The Kindly Ones could have went back on what happened. They'd lost and she'd won. She got to be with him in both lives. Only in this one, people didn't think it was wrong and try to stop them. We don't ever see the marriage or what happens with the festival but we can all tell that the two of them did indeed marry. And I find that cute. It's kind of like that saying that you'll always meet your soulmate in every lifetime. They changed the times and everything was different, yet they still met and still married in another life. They lived two lives with each other and met in both. It was the perfect mix of fantasy and reality.