Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
346 Pages
In this retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story, Nyx is
fated to be wed to the Gentle Lord, a demon who rules over Arcadia. Her father made a deal with him so his wife
could have children. She had two
daughters, but the deal was that one would be given in marriage to the Gentle
Lord when she was 17. Like all deals
with the demon, this one didn’t turn out as hoped. Nyx’s mother died in childbirth, leaving Nyx
and her twin sister Astraia to be raised with the knowledge that Nyx would be
sacrificed at 17. However, Nyx’s father
has held out a small bit of hope, at least for Arcadia. He believes that there is a way for Nyx to
defeat the Gentle Lord and trap him in his castle and has taught Nyx everything
she should need to make it happen. Of
course, Nyx will be trapped with him, but she will have saved Arcadia. The biggest problem is, when Nyx arrives, she
doesn’t count on actually falling on love with the demon. Teens who like retellings of fairy tales
should like this story.
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