Fetch Beast Of Rosemead (Fairytales Of Folkshore, #4) Narrated By Lucy Tempest Distributed As Publication
retelling of Beauty and the Beast, . . I honestly felt it was more its own tale, Although there are some parallels to the original, I think going into it knowing it was a retelling made me hesitant to like it, I compared the characters quite a bit more than probably necessary beauty and the beast is my favorite so naturally I would compare,
Although Bonnie was not my favorite character, I really enjoyed Leander and Jessamine, Im excited to read the next one because I feel like Bonnie is finally owning herself and the next steps will be more adventure than preamble.
If there is one story I hate and love at the same time, it's the story of Beauty and the Beast, It's almost impossible to explain why I hate it that much, I guess it's the beastly prince turning into a handsome man at the end of the story, implying that you still only get happy endings if you're beautiful.
But it's easier to explain why I love it so much: It's the ultimate haters to lovers and it's that one story where love is about really connecting on a personal level.
I was therefore excited to start this one,
In many ways this book follows the well known tale very very well, It's quite clear from the start that our Gaston is present for this story, And from there on all the well known elements and scenes are incorporated in the most natural way possible, Our Beauty gets a library, there is an attack bringing the two of them closer, but not before she's thrown plates at his head and refused to eat, while he still thinks he can command a girl to love him.
For a little while the story therefore was nice, but not very fresh or original, Of course, there was the mythology, In a great way Tempest fit the story into her world and connected it in several ways to the other tales in this series of interconnected tales.
That also means connecting the mythology and although it's a well known way of doing this tale, it's the one I love most: The outside reflecting the inside.
But, at the very end Tempest takes some original, fresh and interesting turns,
And that's mostly because Tempest allowed her characters to take that turn, a turn that fitted them and makes so much sense! Mostly because Tempest really wrote amazing characters in this story.
I especially loved Bonnie and mostly because I recognized myself in her so much, The annoying kid interrupting people's stories with questions and comments, always wanting more knowledge and enjoying nothing as much as a good book,
I'm really excited to dive into the next book, especially because it seems we're leaving the original tale behind and are moving into original territory! Another amazing installment in the Fairytales of Folkshore series.
It is like the description, a Beauty and the Beast like never before, For the first time, Beauty Bonnie has an actual character and journey and development, and the Beast Leander has dimensions and growth, and the developing relationship is believable and riveting.
The world building is as usual from Ms, Tempest, detailed and immersive without any info dumps, and the side characters fully fleshed and the dialogue delightful,
I can't wait for the second part concluding this delightful retelling that I can't recommend enough! I think I like this book more than Disneys version.
I wish I didnt have to wait so long between books, I LOVE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLINGS, . . BUT I JUST COULDN'T LOVE THIS ONE, . .
Full disclosure! I have not read the first three books in this series as I was under the impression that this was the first in a duology and, therefore, could be read on its own.
I will try not to let this colour my review and will, therefore, not touch upon the world building, which, I must assume, has been explained in previous books.
Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourite fairy tales, Therefore, I have read many BatB retellings and usually, they all manage to do something that excites me, This certainly didn't
THE THINGS I DISLIKED
Yelling: I am not kidding or exaggerating the firstrd of this book nobody spoke in a calm, normal manner.
Everyone was screaming or yelling and every dialogue sentence ended with an exclamation point, Man, that bothered me SO much exclamation point!
Pace: The pace of this book was completely unbalanced, The first half of this book was almost frantic and without any 'downtime', way too many things happened, The second half was just plain boring, because nothing happened at all, . .
Dialogue: I like dialogue, It provides emotions and feeling to the book, But there can be too much of a good thing and this book certainly proved that, I don't think it would be an
exaggeration to say, that this book consisted ofdialogue, Furthermore, the dialogue was stilted and unnatural, . .
Notsosecretcurse: What makes the Disney version of BatB so magical and beautiful That Belle falls in love with the Beast of her own volition without knowing that that was the key to saving him.
That magic was taken away in this book as the Beast, Leander, actually told the Beauty, Bonnie, that she had to fall in love with him to break the curse.
Magicmirror shattering!
Characters: The characters were underdeveloped, flat and nondistinctive, The only one, you could tell apart from the rest based on characteristics was Castor, the 'Gaston' character of this book, He at least had some flair,
ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
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Deft writing, thorough editing, addictive plot and the most fully fleshed and likeable characters and cleverly connected world building I've read in a very, very long time.
You don't have to read the first trilogy at all to enjoy this book, but it's a TREAT if you do, as you see the reflection of heartwrenching developments from Bonnie's eyes, and it only adds incredible depth to the whole experience.
I have to say this is now my favorite reworking of the muchvisited and reworked Beauty and the Beast fairytale, and I can't wait for the second part, which promises to take it where no one has taken it before! Thank you Lucy Tempest for such a wonderful series, and for doing justice at last to a tale that had such potential that never got truly explored.
HIGHLY recommended for anyone who likes YA, Fantasy, fairytales, retellings, wholesome romance, believable characters, airtight plots and very, very well written books,
I love this story, It has everything to keep a reader hooked! Can't wait for the next one, I'm a sucker for a good fairytale retelling, and sitelinkLucy Tempest already had mefrom the very beginning of the Cahraman series, However, if retellings are my weakness, then Beauty and the Beast retellings will be my downfall, and sitelinkBeast of Rosemead was no exception,
I had some vague ideas of what would happen in Bonnie's story due to Adelaide's story, and I knew one thing that was subtly hinted at from the very beginning of sitelinkThief of Cahraman which is kind of a big deal for me, because I don't pick up on little foreshadowing details often, and it was fascinating to see how things truly played out with Bonnie knowing the tiny bit I did about the foreshadowing.
I also found it interesting where this timeline intersected with the Cahraman trilogy, I imagine it's happening during and after the events of sitelinkQueen of Cahraman, although I could be wrong, as the passage of time is kind of hard to follow between the two.
I'm hoping this leads to a reunion in sitelinkBeauty of Rosemead but I remember there was a big time skip between the last scenes of sitelinkPrince of Cahraman and the beginning of sitelinkQueen of Cahraman, maybe about two weeks, so I'm not sure where that all works itself in.
I also hope Fairuza makes an appearance in sitelinkBeauty of Rosemead she almost has to if I'm right about where the timelines intersect,
It was also intriguing to learn more about Bonnie's background, I have many thoughts about what her heritage and her parents could mean for her and Leander, and once again the story leads me to question just how much influence Nariman has over all of Folkshore, and even Faerie or at least her knowledge of it.
Fairytales of Folkshore is the first series I can remember where I've actually bought the books immediately after finishing the first, and it might be some combination of theAmazon gift card I won, the quarantine, and the fact that I was able to read the second book for free on the Kindle app as well, but this is the fastest I've ever my way through a series with this many books in a long time, and the first one where I truly think every book is better than the last, when sitelinkThief of Cahraman already set the bar sky high.
I love sitelinkLucy Tempest and can't wait to read the next installment, and then Ornella's story in sitelinkPrincess of Midnight, And hopefully if I pace myself Fairuza's story will be out by the time I'm finished too, But seriously, I don't want this series to end! Really liked this retelling of Beauty and the Beast, It is no doubt that it is that story, but at the same time the author had succeeded in making it a completely new and different story.
The Belle character is different, she has just as much, if not more, to learn about herself as the beast, The Gaston character is extremely annoying, and you feel this need to hit him Im in the head with something hard and maybe smash his head in but at the same time he isnt directly cruel, just really lacking in his interpretation of the world.
I loved what she did with the servants in the caste, and how she has introduced other fairytales into the story in a way that has you think it really fits in even if in the original stories it really doesnt.
Im really looking forward to the next book, It will be preordered as soon as it is possible! Beast of Rosemead is the second instalment of retellings from sitelinkLucy Tempests Fairytales of Folkshore.
You can check out my review of the first instalment, a gender bent retelling of Aladdin, sitelinkhere, I was immediately ensnared by Ada and her trials in Cahraman, so I couldnt wait to get my hands on Bonnies journey,
As this is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Bonnie is a beautiful characterisation and reiteration of Belle, Bonnie has lived an incredibly sheltered life, where she has been coddled by not only her father, but by her best friend Ada, There is nothing more that she yearns for than adventure and freedom she manages to get the adventure, though Im not too sure about the freedom.
Bonnie has grown up being lost in whatever book she could get her hands on and has a rather naïve view of the world and its inhabitants which gets turned completely on its head when she wakes up in Arbore and trapped in a house with a brute.
“In all my readings and daydreaming, the hero was always able to eloquently debate with the heroine, to empathize with or at least understand her situation or dilemma and help elevate her from them”
The Beast, Leander, follows quite similarly along the path that I love of the original Beast in that unsure but determined path to better himself once he is shown empathy along with a challenge.
The friendship/relationship which develops between Bonnie and Leander felt genuine and wellpaced, It was delightful to see the respect blossoming alongside the possibility of feelings, whether romantic or otherwise,
Beast of Rosemead is filled with fantastical characters, who you will connect to just as much as the main characters if not more or on par, in one such instance and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all of the different fairytales interwoven through the stories, in such a delicate manner so as to not overload you but instead to enthral you.
I can definitely see overarching parallels to other Beauty and the Beast retellings and I cant wait to see what Lucy does next with it in bookof the Rosemead duology.
“Id read enough about heroes, It was time I became one myself, ”
many thanks to the author for providing an eARCc in exchange for an honest review, Lucy Tempest is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, I know that some may not believe me, but it is true, Ms. Tempest is amazing storyteller. I am not normally a fan of retold stories from my childhood, but these stories are so different that Tempest has breathed a life into them all of her own.
Her writing almost mirrors J, K. Rowlings with how a little detail from the first book that you almost or do overlook becomes a tie into a later story and thus tying the series together in an intricate web.
This book was my favorite of Tempest's to date, Bonnie is a fun character to follow that you can get behind because she isn't helpless, she really tries and does the best she can.
I can't wait for the next in the series, Beauty of RoseMead coming September,, Another love for me!
I am, a. big beauty and the beast fan, . . I read all retellings! And I loved this! Her first three pulled me in and now I am hooked and can't wait for the next.
It different and the same and it's not hard to read, Her story takes me to this land and I love it, This book is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast with Bonnie Fairborn as the Beauty and Leander as the Beast, It is the fourth installment of the Fairytales of Folkshore by Lucy Tempest,
I enjoyed this retelling of Beauty and the Beast and thought the story was very good, It is the same as the original Beauty and the Beast, Bonnie seemed a bit too spoiled, The world setup was very good,
I received an ARC copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, This is the first book of Ms, Tempests that Ive read. Ive heard good things about her books and have been excited to give them a try and I was not disappointed! Beast of Rosemead is not your average Beauty and the Beast retelling.
Its unique and exciting! I absolutely love when an author sets up for future stories in their books, I can already see a Robin Hood and Sleeping Beauty book coming after this and I just cant wait especially for the Robin Hood story!!!.