Beauty

I admit that when I saw this in my Lit-Cube, I was skeptical. I just didn't see how the author could pull off a historical romance with a fairy-tale twist in an Old West town. It just sounded like a recipe for disaster.

Well, I will admit, I was wrong.

Yes, it was cheesy and fluffy, and I called the plot twist half-way through, but you know what? I still enjoyed the hell out of this book. It was cute and made me smile. Which is just really want I needed tonight.

Some minor quibbles:
The Beauty and the Beast retelling was less a retelling and more loosely based on. So if you came in expecting a full-blown retelling, this isn't it. I also felt that the Guild of Godmothers came out of nowhere, and didn't really add much, if anything. It show more felt a bit shoehorned in to give the book a fantasy feel, and just didn't fit. The characterizations were a bit shallow and I would have liked a bit more depth to the characters.

But still a quick and fun read. I'll have to check out the rest in the series. show less

I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you.

Arabella has been taught by her late husband three rules. Be beautiful, be proper, don't share shameful secrets. To her beauty is worth, because this is what her husband has always told her. But then Vincenzo enters her and her son's life things change. He is not beautiful. He is horribly disfigured, and he's not proper but quite rude to her in the beginning. He hires her to read to him because he is blind. They develop a friendship that if they let it, could be more.

Likes:
~Beauty and the beast show more retelling
~Romantic

Dislikes:
~Insta-love that doesn't even make sense

So this is another romance in the Everland series. I do enjoy these books. They are short and sweet. The insta-love can get on my nerves sometimes though. I'm usually able to look past it decently enough, and rarely does it affect my reading. But this time was the exception. After talking to her for about 5 minutes and then her reading to him for a short bit. He was already apparently thinking about her all the time and dreaming of her. He's blind so it can't even be an instant attraction sort of thing. It makes no sense and annoys. The only defining thing that could have caught his attention in any way would have been her perfume which reminded him of his last wife.

Outside of the crazy insta-love. It was a sweet sort of story. This is the second book of the series where the MC was disabled in some way. It's nice when they aren't super hot and perfect all the time. Would be nice to see some more romances like that. Maybe where the female MC isn't a great and unique beauty, or is heavy set, or has some form of disablity. Just saying. show less

I always love a good retelling of a classic fairy tale especially when it's one of "Beauty And The Beast", this one does not disappoint at all! The story of Arabella and Vincenzo is worthy of a fairy tale with a certain twist. It's a romantic story about seeing past appearances to the true worth of a person. Yes, it made me sigh more than once. I'ma sucker for such stories.