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wardenred 's review for:
Beauty and His Beast
by Bey Deckard
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beauty and the Beast retelling... in space? Yes please! This book sounded amazing when a friend recced it to me, and I went into it with pretty hard hopes. Unfortunately, they didn't come true.
There was a bunch of sweet moments, and I really really loved VAL and (especially) S1N, the AI servants. But otherwise, the story just fell flat to me. The lead characters' actions and motivations didn't seem fully compatible with their backstories. There were intriguing bits of worldbuilding that remained underexplored. All in all, there was clearly a great idea behind this book, but, for me, the execution left a lot to be desired.
There was a bunch of sweet moments, and I really really loved VAL and (especially) S1N, the AI servants. But otherwise, the story just fell flat to me. The lead characters' actions and motivations didn't seem fully compatible with their backstories. There were intriguing bits of worldbuilding that remained underexplored. All in all, there was clearly a great idea behind this book, but, for me, the execution left a lot to be desired.