Review: How Beauty Met the Beast
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2012
I enjoy fairy tale twists and while Jax Garren's How Beauty Met the Beast is obviously meant for mature readers, it is easily one of the most entertaining publications I've had good fortune to come across.I know gushing is not best the way to go when composing a review, but folks, I got nothing else. In rare form I have absolutely no complaints. Garren's heroine, Jolie Benoit, is smart, sassy, and engaging. Her hero, Wesley Haukon, is intense, dynamic, and captivating. Maybe I've just had bad luck with the genre, but I am not used to seeing such layered and/or compelling personalities in adult lit.Speaking of which, I was blown away by Garren's ability to toe the line when it came to the steamier portions of her story. There is a single explicit scene towards the beginning of the novella in which she demonstrates an aptitude for racy subject matter, but it was what she managed to accomplish with the rest of the text that I found so fascinating. Rather than compose and launch a barrage of sex scenes at the reader, she draws out the tension, using it to explore the character of her leads. I loved this method and again, maybe I've just had bad luck with the genre, but I really enjoyed Garren's approach.In terms of writing style, Garren won me over hook line and sinker. Sarcasm, wit, humorous innuendo. The dialogue had me laughing on numerous occasions and the narration made the book or my kindle in this case, almost impossible to put down.It probably goes without saying at this point, but I absolutely loved this one and can't wait for the future installments.