I didn’t like her all that much, which is fine, but if she’s going to be unlikable then at least make me understand why she did things. She was very negative and spiteful all the time. It made the main character seem very passive about her life. And 3 - okay apparently there are more than reasons why this bothers me - she doesn’t “have” to do anything. It takes away the self-sacrifice element of Beauty and the Beast that I love but, more importantly, think was the main point of the fairy tale. Nyx is engaged to a demon since birth because her father made a bargain and now she has no choice but to marry him. I was entertained by the story but I really didn’t like the cop-out device of Nyx having “no choice” to create these dramatic situations. Then we get a nice, long lecture on How This World Works that I found hard to get through. The story opens on a very stiff and formal life for the main character Nyx like a dark version of Downton Abbey. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.Ĭruel Beauty was a very dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast that had an unexpected mix of Greek Mythology. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. Genres: Fairy Tale, Retelling, Romance, Young Adultīased on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
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