Review: LOVED LOVED LOVED this!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
I read book one in this series, and missed book two "How Beauty Saved the Beast" but that's okay. Although I will go back and read HBStB, Ms. Garren was very good at "catching us up" without going all info dump on the reader.This series doesn't cover a lot of time, HBLtB is about two months after the first book. A lot happens in each of these books and the action is almost non-stop.The title of this one, How Beauty Loved the Beast, is very appropriate. The UST has been building by leaps and bounds, there was a kiss in the last book...and Beauty Loves this Beast, here.But it's not without it's shocks, it's twists and turns, it's stops and starts. Wesley Hauk is, after all, a man hurt. I love that Jolie knows what she wants and she goes after it...after him. He knows what he wants too, but the scars are deep, and I don't mean just on his body. This is hot hot hot. Never thought that brushing one's teeth could be sexy...but Jolie made it so. Wowza for sure.This series is a mix of paranormal, adventure, romance, mystery, magic, fantasy...and it does each of them well. Then there's this touch of Steam Punk, but it's in the here and now. All the other SP that I've read was set in Regency times, so this is an intriguing twist for me. And I like it. Is there even a listing for Burlesque? Probably, not, but Jolie is a Burlesque Dancer and that figures strongly throughout the book, too.None of these books are overwhelmingly long. This one is "just" 73K, but what a ride. I read fast, but felt like I had to read even faster to find out what was going to happen. It was just that exciting.Now, I know that the line at the top there, It's all been leading to this, makes it sound like this is the end, but I'm hoping it's not. We have a supporting character missing and the bad guys aren't all done away with. I really need to see the bad guys all gone. And really? I need more of Odin. That guy is something else. He winks and likes to cart Jolie around like he's a caveman! Gotta love that.I love this one. It's a FIVE BOOKMARK for sure.More, please, Ms. Garren?This review may also be found at:Beyond the Squee Book Reviewswww.beyondthesquee.com*Thank you, NetGalley and Carina Press, for the opportunity to read this ARC, what a pleasure it was!