Okay, so Aerin in The Hero and the Crown has her father and Tor, but she is also pretty much feared and/or hated by everybody else. I think the most immediate thing is that Beauty has a waaaaay better support system at home than the heroines of the other three books I’ve read. I might even like Beauty better than I liked Chalice, Deerskin, or The Hero and the Crown. Let’s figure out why, shall we? But, you guys!!! This is the fourth Robin McKinley book I’ve read, and she continues to impress me with her…her Robin McKinley-ness. You probably even know Robin McKinley’s version of the story, if you’re the kind of person who reads book blogs. Good Things: Okay, you guys know the story. Robin McKinley’s beloved telling illuminates the unusual love story of a most unlikely couple: Beauty and the Beast.” (via Amazon) Her father protests that he will not let her go, but she answers, “Cannot a Beast be tamed?” When her father comes home with the tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the terrible promise he had to make to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must go to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. But what she lacks in looks, she can perhaps make up for in courage. She is thin and awkward it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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