Review: What a lovely Beast
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2013
Loving an Ugly Beast by Danielle Monsch was a riot. This is a Beauty and the Beast fairy tale rewrite.Although it is set in the woods, and appears to be in a long ago time, the dialog is all current vernacular. Took me a couple of pages to catch the flow of that, and then I laughed.Nissa is a very plain woman. People don't even see her, that's how plain she is. She has in love with Benton. He's a huge man, covered in scars, who rarely speaks more than a word or two. But there's something about him, something that makes her enjoy his company and want more from him. From the way he looks at her, you know he feels the same.Benton wants Nissa to have the best of everything, and he feels that his beastly aspect won't bring that to her. Just as he realizes this, his fairy godmother shows up. Yeah, he didn't believe it either. But he wants the world for Nissa and he agrees to make a wish.  He's beautiful as Byron, but he can never tell anyone that he is Benton, or the wish will be over.Nissa has a dark and hurtful secret in her past. That comes into play and all heck break loose.Loving an Ugly Beast is a short story, but one that has truth sprinkled among the pages. Just what does one fall in love with? A face? A manly chest? A way of moving? A pair of violet eyes? This spells out what's important and the little twists and turns on the well-known fairy tale make this a compelling (and FUN) read.Thank you, NetGalley and Romantic Geek Publishing, for the opportunity to read Loving an Ugly Beast by Danielle Monsch. I will most definitely be looking for more from this author.