As it will become obvious on this page, Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale, even to the point where I have a Belle collection in my room that bothers the heck out of my husband. Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge is a brand new retelling of the tale from the perspective of one of the enchanted servants. Lucie, a lowly maid begins to work for her master and is later assaulted by him. When she attempts to kill herself, she is saved by a witch who helps her get revenge on her master by turning him into a beast but when Lucie says she wants to watch him suffer, she is also transformed into a candlestick. She is able to watch him suffer then change as if he is a completely different person. When a lost merchant stumbles upon the manor and plucks one of the Beast's roses, Beast demands he stay prisoner but his daughter comes in his place. While they grow fond of each other, Lucie becomes concerned that should Rose break the spell, she will suffer the same fate Lucie did. Lucie sends Rose a vision of her father dying to send her away and Beast attempts to kill himself to restore Lucie to her human form but as he takes his last breath, Rose returns and he transforms back into the Master with his original memories and personality. With a pretty big twist that I won't spoil at the end, Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge, has turned into one of my favorite Beauty and the Beast retellings.
I very much enjoyed this retelling from a servant's point of view is a breath of fresh air when it comes to this genre. Too often we see these retellings from the Beauty or the Beast's pov but never from the servant, especially a servant that doesn't want the curse broken, to begin with. One thing that does bother me about this genre is the majority of these that constantly name the beauty Belle or Rose. there are other names that you can use and these are way too overdone. I absolutely enjoyed this book and can't wait to get my hands on more of Lisa Jensen's books.
Pros:
Can't go wrong with beauty and the beast retelling
Creative POV
Cons:
Drags in the middle
Uses most overused beauty name
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