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A review by cherrysoda9_9
The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth
4.0
I don't really know why I went into this thinking it was going to be some sort of Nazi "Beauty and the Beast" retelling - I mean, it kind of is if you try really hard, but not enough for me to frame it as such. EDIT: Okay, never mind. I'm an idiot. It's absolutely marketed as a retelling, but of the German version of the fairy tale, not the Disney version. Ignore me.
In any case, I really enjoyed this. I had (clearly) no real idea of what this book was about, so went into it fairly blind. It's a great historical fiction with multiple characters and timelines, but they don't bounce back and forth so much that you lose track. Ava is the main character and we see basically everyone else's journey through her. I thought it kept to history really well, and the romance was not too over-the-top for my liking (it is a tiny bit insta-lovey for my taste, but not that bad).
In any case, I really enjoyed this. I had (clearly) no real idea of what this book was about, so went into it fairly blind. It's a great historical fiction with multiple characters and timelines, but they don't bounce back and forth so much that you lose track. Ava is the main character and we see basically everyone else's journey through her. I thought it kept to history really well, and the romance was not too over-the-top for my liking (it is a tiny bit insta-lovey for my taste, but not that bad).