Review: Disappointing Spin off
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2012
My Opinion:There isn't a lot of nice things I can say about this book. First I want to tell you the good things, though. I very much enjoy books that are spin offs of other famous works. Now, this spin off is pretty disappointing, but I'll get into that a bit later.Ms. Denise wrote a very descriptive novel. I could clearly see the characters, setting, ect.I did not enjoy this novel. I found that it progression of evens far to slow. Everything moved at a snail's pace and the character's talked bunches of topics to death. I do not mind a long discussion on important issues in a novel, but if every topic is an hour long, sorry, but I start to yawn.The scene where each story teller told a story took too much time. Ms. Danse should have told one or two, then faded out. I know Rolph and Tara's stories are the most important, use those.There was something missing from this story. I'm not sure what. It was descriptive, creative (mostly), charming...And what else should it have been? No idea. Something was off. I personally liked the original Beauty and the Beast way better.  All I know is I was frustrated at the end, but kinda glad it was over.Recommendations??Hmm..fairy tale lovers, Beauty in the Beast fans, steampunk fanatics, THIS IS YOUR BOOK! Give it a try, you might think differently.