Beauty and the Beast is quite a familiar tale, though, so here are some bullet points as to what else to expect: I loved seeing the slow-burn, hate-to-love romance (MY FAVORITE TROPES?) develop between her and Prince Rhen, the other POV we are given in this story. This girl, Harper, has cerebral palsy, but she proves time and time again with her cunning and triumphs that it does not define her, and that she is much more than her disability. This Beauty and the Beast retelling may have some familiar tropes, but it’s definitely not a fantasy to be missed! Kemmerer writes fantabulous dialogue in a magical realm where a girl from our modern day and age travels to. and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.Ī prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. 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. Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. 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. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Published by Bloomsbury YA on January 29, 2019Īmazon | Book Depository | Barnes & NobleĪn instant New York Times Best Seller! 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. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

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