Loved itit's not your run of the M Beauty and the Beast retelling this is really kind of complex like interesting magic system quite dark but with a really satisfying romance
Cruel beauty (2014)
Others: Mostly positive Betrothed to the demon who rules her country and trained all her life to kill him, seventeen-year-old Nyx Triskelion must now fulfill her destiny and move to the castle to be his wife.
- ISBN:
- 9780062224736
- Length:
- 357 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult
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Loved it
Loved itthis is the first fantasy romance i'd ever read this was at the start of like the beauty and the beast retelling era honestly that was a really good era for y fantasy you know just a girl being abducted by this evil overlord she has to stay in his castle where there are a lot of secrets how romantic
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Mixedi would say cruel booty is good i know that not everyone likes it and i remember liking the first half much more than the second
MixedIt's one where I was kind of confused at the beginning, but then as I got further into it, I started to enjoy the story a little bit more, but I still did have quite a few issues with it and I think it was like a solid read.
Loved itthis is my favorite standalone fantasy of the year and my favorite 2014 debut novel