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Julian

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Julian by Anna Katmore (2013)
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YA Fiction | Fantasy/Paranormal | Romance
4 StarsBlurb:

“He was never a part of my plan…

Twelve years ago, when my mother chose her violent lover over me, my end of the deal was a room in an orphanage. Thank God, in six weeks, I’ll be eighteen and free!

Except, a certain stupid sweater in my backpack—okay, okay! I didn’t actually pay for it—lands me at court. And, look at that…my mother is back, too. Continue reading →

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Heart of the Fae

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Heart of the Fae (The Otherworld #1) by Emma Hamm (2017)

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NA Fiction | Fantasy | Romance
4 StarsBlurb:

“Beauty and the Beast meets Irish Mythology in this sweeping retelling of the beloved fairytale….

Once upon a time…

A plague sweeps across the emerald hills of Uí Néill, leaving a young midwife’s father with months to live. To save her people, Sorcha makes a deal with a dangerous Fae. She must travel across the sea, through merrow and kelpie lands, to find a forgotten king on a crumbling throne. Continue reading →

Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge

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Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen (2018)
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YA Fiction | Fantasy
2.5 StarsBlurb:

“They say Château Beaumont is cursed. But servant-girl Lucie can’t believe such foolishness about handsome Jean-Loup Christian Henri LeNoir, Chevalier de Beaumont, master of the estate. But when the chevalier’s cruelty is revealed, Lucie vows to see him suffer. A wisewoman grants her wish, with a spell that transforms Jean-Loup into monstrous-looking Beast, reflecting the monster he is inside. But Beast is nothing like the chevalier. Continue reading →

Cruel Beauty

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Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (2014)

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YA Fiction | Romance | Paranormal
2.5 StarsBlurb:

“Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she’s ever known to Continue reading →

Beastly

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Beastly by Alex Flinn (2007)

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Teen Fiction | Paranormal Romance4 StarsBlurb:

“I am a beast.

A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It’s no deformity, no disease. And I’ll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell. Continue reading →