Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
When Beauty (18yo) goes to the Beast’s castle in her father’s place, she goes hoping to die. Instead, she finds a companion in the Beast, someone who accepts her as she is. But, despite the physical distance between Beauty and her past life, the pain is never far and will never let her go.
I love retellings of Beauty and the Beast, and, aside from the obvious fantastical elements, Lowham’s Beauty feels more real as a character because of the secrets she keeps. Her pain is real and adds depth to the traditional type of girl that ends up in Beast’s castle. Lowham illustrates how we all have a little beauty and a little beast in us—and we get to choose which one defines us.
Beauty is depicted as white on the cover. The mature content rating is for alcohol use and implied sexual abuse.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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