Ashamed of his monstrous form, the Beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The stove, which seemed so cheerful and warm and fiery at the end of the room, now began to yawn and stretch its great black iron arms and exhaust pipe. The thing is, I feel like the only reason people read these Twisted Tale books is to see an alternate version of what the movie could have been. and she figured out the Beast's past and that the enchantress who cursed Prince Adam, was her own mother. At the core the book was a retelling of a fairytale and while Braswell was using the Disney movie as a template there were plenty of jumping off points that could’ve made the story interesting.

He worked as a stable master at the castle and later helped Belle's parents smuggle Les Charmantes out of France until he was murdered by Frederic. Seriously, who reads or watches Beauty and the Beast and wonders, "Man, I wish I knew more about Maurice. Any Whovian will pick up on the woman who is forgotten when you look away, the statue that moves except when you stare at it, and Belle's insistence that she never walk in shadows. Of all the twisted tales I've read (I think it's three or four), this one has been my favorite so far!

Belle to me in this story came across a little haughty and you do see her learn not to judge a book by its cover. And besides, surely after two books with poor reviews, surely Braswell was able to pick up some pointers on what was going wrong with the synergy pandering series. The story has two different perspectives - How Belle's father met her mother, and Belle's perspective. Remember watching this movie as a child, and crying as Beast's eyes rolled back in death, and Belle sobbed over his body? Some scenes were utterly ridiculous, for instance the Beast talks in capital letters more often than not (I know, I know, it's big coming from me but this is a Goodreads review, not a published novel).

En este caso nos encontramos con la historia de Bella y nos muestran todo lo que a la película le hizo falta. During the first 40% of the book Belle looks down her nose on everyone from her high horse and gives no thought to the consequences of her actions, she’s pretentious, arrogant, and condescending.

Yet again this twisted tale is 30% "we're just going to quote the movie lol" and then it goes into the twist, which felt minor this time?

Have you ever wondered what would happen to Disney's Beauty and the Beast if someone took all the magic out of it? Between the two YA series Disney publishes, I still prefer Serena Valentino's Disney Villan series but this book has secured the fact that I am officially a fan of the Twisted Tales series too. When I closed this book I was in a daze and I had to sit there for a while and process what I had just read. We also had the Christmas one, which wasn't bad; I saw the third one on Disney Channel once, and didn't care for it. I realized that I need to dnf this today when I was supposed to read six chapters and two hours passed and I had only read two and a half chapters.The King and Queen: The Beast's parents, who saw magic and unnatural people as a threat to their domain. Just like in the first two installments, the story follows the movie plot up until one crucial moment, and then completely derails. I think if it had been another tale I might not have appreciated this repetition quite so much, but as both Disney adaptations of this story are so beloved to me I really liked hearing the tale again, here. Not only does it have one of my favorite Disney characters, Belle, but it was actually entertaining and interesting to read. There are bits of torture mentioned, but it is not enough for me to put down and I couldn't finish it.