The Bookish and the Beast takes place in a small town in North Carolina. Rosie works at Food Lion, but ends up quitting. On her way home she sees a dog and tries to take it back to its owners. She ends up going into the house and ends up in a library that has boxes of books and not just any books-Starfield books. She ends up meeting a guy in the house and ends up falling in the pool with the rare book. The guy she meets is Vance Reigns who plays Sond in the movies. He is a bad boy and has a lot of negative press on him. His mother and stepfather banished him to the small town in North Carolina until his eighteenth birthday. Due to Rosie ruining the rare book, she strikes up an agreement to organize and catalogue the books with Vance. Will she get to know the true Vance? Will there be sparks?
This has to be one of my favorite Once Upon a Con books. I literally wanted to clap at the end with how cute and good this book was. I loved Vance’s character development as he gets to know Rosie and give the town a chance. I loved Rosie’s enthusiasm about books. I highly recommend this book and this series.