Leon Hart

The traditional Beauty and the Beast presents us with the very front of the magical story. This book? It's literally "behind the scenes". We learn how long and bitter the curse was, how hard it was on everyone involved, especially servants, how some characters took advantage of their new positions, how characters' nature influenced the animal they shifted into, the intrigues and the politics in the cursed castle's couloirs.
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The author struggled the first 15-20%, but I am glad I pushed through. The writing evened out a lot, tho still not perfect. However, the story pulled me in so much that I really didn't care about an odd sentence here and there.
Wish the ending was a little bit longer, but overall the book was very satisfying and left me with a very good impression. I might re-read it.

PS Forgot to add. The three female characters in this story were actually good! Very refreshing. Well, except for the wicked witch, of course, she was not a good person at all ;)

PPS LITTLE to NO SEX.… (altro)