Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Publication date: January 28th 2014
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Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom—all because of a reckless bargain her father struck. And since birth, she has been training to kill him.
Betrayed by her family yet bound to obey, Nyx rails against her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, she abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, disarm him, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her. As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. But even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, could she refuse her duty to kill him?
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.
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
A new twist on Beauty and the Beast?? This book sounds—and looks—absolutely amazing! I seriously can’t wait to get my hands on it!!
Oooh sounds like my kind of book! 😀 Adding it to my never ending TBR list.
HOLY COW that cover is so pretteh and complicated. Love the rose/staircase effect- I could stare at it for years and years.
Great pick, Ashley! <33
Wow, so interesting. The cover is just freakin’ amazeballs. But the blurb totally caught me too.
I saw this last week for the first time, and instantly fell in love with it. I can’t wait! Great pick!
Beauty and the Beast retelling ! I too am waiting on this one ! Great cover no??
My WoW of the week !
I can’t wait to read this one either! There are a lottttttt of Beauty and the Beast retellings out there (or coming), but I can’t resist reading any of them. I hope this one is great! 😀
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The cover alone is really doing it for me PLUS I love the blurb. I’m def gonna check this one out. 🙂 ~A
YESSSSSSSSS. This looks so goooood!
That is all.
<33 Inky
This cover is gorgeous! I have this one in my TBR list just for that reason 🙂
I am also looking forward to this book! And the beautiful cover is a plus 🙂
This sounds FANTASTIC! I love the parallels between Beauty and the Beast in the summary and in the cover. The names are super cool, and it just seems like an amazing, dark, and mysterious fantasy. Adding to TBR list pronto!!
Sometimes I miss more depth in YA books, so I’m happy to hear about this. I like it when it’s a little more complex and challenging. And the fact that it’s a retelling from my favourite fairy tales makes it even better! It’s a shame that the beginning is a bit slow and info-dumpish. I think many people will DNF it for that reason, but I’ll keep that in mind now. The combination of the fairy tale and Greek mythology sounds great, I haven’t read anything like that before.
I appreciate the fact that Nyx isn’t the typical fairy tale MC.