Und noch eine englische Rezi zu einem wirklich tollen Buch :)
Hier der Klappentext:
In a lush, contemporary fantasy
retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers
another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer.
Fall in love, break the curse.
It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.
Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.
Break the curse, save the kingdom.
A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.
Fall in love, break the curse.
It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.
Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.
Break the curse, save the kingdom.
A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.
Meine Meinung:
The cover is really wonderful. I love the thorns, the blue coloring and also the writing of the title - so basically quite everything.
I also was really fond of the writing style. It was fluent and it totally pulled me into the story. The book is written from the personal perspective of Rhen, Harper and Grey, which was a really nice way to get to know and also to love each character deeply.
Harper is not perfect - she has CP - but not as other people, who might be a little fragile and sensitive, she is a really strong character. She really knows what she wants and always tries to do, what she thinks is right. Rhen is a wonderful conflicted character. He has his past, which has a lot of dark parts and if you would just know that part, you would think he is quite a fool. However, through the curse, he learned the hardest way, what is really important and who he wants to be in life and for his kingdom. Also his strong feelings of responsibility for his people was very sympathetic. A character, which I also really liked was Grey. Sometimes it feels like he is a safe haven and the calmness around the emotional ocean waves of the other two. His humor was really nice and it was really fun to read all the dialogues with him. I also liked, that he feels as well also a little conflicted, but would never go away from his unbroken royalitx to Rhen and the kingdom. Also the tension between Harper and Grey was quite interesting.
There were also a lot of great other characters, which all felt very vivid and manifold.
The story - as might be guessed a little from the cover - is a new adaption of the Beauty and the Beast. A lot of you might ask - do we really need another adoption of that story - after reading this one, I would definitley say YES. There were some nice elements of the original fairy tale, but there were also some genious new aspects, which I really enjoyed.
Also the ending of the fairy tale is known to me, it was really unsure how this story might end. There was a lot of action and thrilling story twists. On one hand the end felt quite satisifying, but on the other hand it left me with a longing for more.
Fazit:
Fascinating fairy tale adaption with characters to fall in love with, some action and exiting story twists - I give the book 5 out of 5 stars :)
Autorin: Brigid Kremmerer
Verlag: BLOOMSBURY
Sprache: English
Veröffentlichung: 29. Januar 2019
ISBN-10: 1681195089
ISBN-13: 978-1681195087
Seiten: 496
(Daten beziehen sich auf die Print-Ausgabe)
Thank you to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for the review example <3
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