So this is basically Beauty & The Beast but Beast is a wolf. Now I have very strong feelings about the ABSOLUTE ABUSE of using the B&tB story. It's overused to a mindboggling degree in YA. I've had enough. I even eye rolled with Marissa Meyer said she was debating it. Do you comprehend how overused this has to be for MARISSA MEYER not even being able to sell me on it?! THINK ABOUT THAT! I'm done with them! Stop! There are endless other stories and folklores to retell. Stop with the freaking Beauty and the Beast!

Ok mini rant over.

Joanna Ruth Meyer's writing really does lend itself well to dark fantasies/folklore. I want more folklore and darker toned fantasies from her going forward but I will burn things down if it's another heavily abused fairytale.

For the book itself, it was fine. I enjoyed the characters and the setting but the plot doesn't really offer anything new to every other fantasy retelling.