Review: Beastly but with more Heart
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2012
For a short novella, I loved this book. I read it during my breaks at work and keep wanting to go back and read more and more. I wished it was longer but I almost always wish that of my novellas. There was a little disconnect about her friend Eli. He was to come to the party but we do not know if he showed up and he appears distant at the end. I would love to have seen Eli explode at Alex for kissing Calli and for her to defend Alex. To me that would have explained the distance at the end. What happened to Jennae cause she was not mentioned at the end either. But other than these minor disconnects (and I mean minor) the book was so endearing.Alex oh Alex I think I loved him even before Calli (that could be because I was in his head) because he is so caring and loving. What girl or women would not want a guy like Alex. Calli is beautiful on the outside but she is more than that because she is even more beautiful on the inside. I really wanted more but with it being apart of Cindy Bennett's Fairy tale modernization anthology I understand. I can't wait for the Rapunzel book in 2013.I loved this book better than Beastly because Alex was this way because he tried to do the impossible and also because he is not "change back." Alex still has the scars and he has to still live with them. Also he is not a "beautiful beast" he is just beautiful.