Review: The Subtle Beauty
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
I received this book from Story Cartel in exchange for a fair and honest review.This is a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast but I would say that it is more the 'old' story (La Belle et la Bete. Par Madame de Villeneuve), not the Disney version. Glory is very vain indeed although she is still young. However, this story is set in olden times when girls were living very different lives to now at a young age. I can honestly say that I really didn't like Glory until very near the end. She has to grow up a lot and make decisions that will affect her life. Eoghan is her perfect partner although that doesn't mean that everything is sweetness and light.The beauty of this book is in its subtleties although I'm sure some of them passed me by. One thing that I'm not sure of is whether the dagger that Colin was given by his father, was actually made of one of the shards of the original sword that shattered. I think it was especially with the descriptions given of how it made him feel but it isn't very clear.I enjoyed this story and can definitely see it as part of a series as the world is very well written. It is obviously somewhere where the author spends a lot of time. An author to look out for.http://archaeolibrarianologist.blogspot.de/2014/03/the-subtle-beauty-by-ann-hunter.html