Review: Beauty and the Wolf, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2013
How can I even begin to describe the concept of this dark and deadly book? Honestly? I can't so I am going to take the words straight from Marina Myles' Website"BEAUTY AND THE WOLF, a Gothic, paranormal romance set in Regency England.. "Let me expound..It's name evokes fairytales such as Beauty and the Beast and Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy tale)..It has the dark brooding feel of a gothic romance, (Gothic),It is set in Regency England (Regency) most of these books are positive feel good romancesIt's about a werewolf (PNR)Oh yeah and the heroine is cursed by an Egyptian Amulet (Mythology, Egyptian)And I almost forgot there are Gypsies...One would think a reader would get lost in all the crossing of genres and concepts but nope.. instead you get to spend an enjoyable time reading a dangerously delicious.. whodunit.. ooops I forgot the Mystery part..Isabella Farrington, the dutiful daughter of a famed Egyptian Archeologist is in a bit of a bind. When she placed the infamous amulet sent to her by her father for safe keeping, around her neck, she evoked a curse that said she would kill her lover, then herself. Now Isabella doesn't believe in curses but the rest of the world seems to and consequently her life has gotten a bit dire. She lost her job, lost most of her prospects for marriage and is financially strapped. So when the handsome and slightly devilish Lord Draven Winthrop offers marriage Isabella is thrilled and halfway in love...Lord Draven Winthrop has a curse of his own.. seems as a teenager he accidentally killed a gypsy girl.. while he was devastated that didn't matter to the gypsies.. his own grandmother cast a curse upon him dooming him to release the monster on his 27th birthday if he couldn't figure out how to escape the curse. As time draws ever nearer Draven is afraid, afraid of what he will become.. so when he hears about Isabella's amulet and curse he is actually quite thrilled, she is destined to kill her lover.. since he can't kill himself this would work perfectly. Only trouble is.. from the very first moment he met her he started falling under her spell.After a catastrophic wedding night and a brief (two years) separation Isabella and Draven are back together.. Each has his/her own reason but are tentatively willing to try and work on their marriage.. Draven slowly begins to trust Isabella and things edge towards a HEA.. well except for the fact that Isabella's father suddenly hates Draven. Someone has tried to kill Draven's stepmother, Draven's beast keeps getting harder and harder to control and oh yeah... Isabella is starting to figure things out..There is a twisted trail of tangled tragedies (couldn't help myself) that weaves their way throughout this book. One moment you are convinced you know what is going on and the next, well all bets are off. I picked up this book because I thought.. oh another shifter story.. but this is more reminiscent to Lon Cheney rather than Alcide. A more traditional werewolf story but it is a romance not a horror story... Exciting, creative, delicious.. give it a try, it is well worth your timeShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Beauty and the Wolf provided by netgalley