Thursday, May 30, 2024

Rockstar Book Tours presents... BEASTLY BEAUTY by Jennifer Donnelly - REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the BEASTLY BEAUTY  by Jennifer Donnelly Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: BEASTLY BEAUTY

Author: Jennifer Donnelly

Pub. Date: May 7, 2024

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 336

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/BEASTLY-BEAUTY

*"A dreamy, sublimely written tale." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart.

What makes a girl "beastly?" Is it having too much ambition? Being too proud? Taking up too much space? Or is it just wanting something, anything, too badly?

That's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut in society. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can marry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish the fire burning inside her -- the source of her deepest wishes, her wildest dreams.

When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires, a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her and everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. As the years pass, Arabella abandons hope. The curse is her fault -- after all, there's nothing more "beastly" than a girl who expresses her anger -- and the only way to break it is to find a boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girl who's been told she's impossible to love.

When a handsome thief named Beau makes his way into the castle, the captive servants are thrilled, convinced he is the one to break the curse. But Beau -- spooked by the castle's strange and forbidding ladies-in-waiting, and by the malevolent presence that stalks its corridors at night -- only wants to escape. He learned long ago that love is only an illusion. If Beau and Arabella have any hope of breaking the curse, they must learn to trust their wounded hearts, and realize that the cruelest prisons of all are the ones we build for ourselves.

 

 

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I ADORE a great fairytale redo, don't you?
I mean, we get the elements we know and love, but a new twist to spice it up and keep it interesting on a new level. 😏 Decidedly, my cup of tea. A few years back, I read a release from this author in this same subgenre and was hooked! POISONED... perhaps you've heard of it? If not, once you've devoured this tale, take your chance on that one; you won't be sorry. Anywho... Jennifer Donnelly does not disappoint!

Once again, we're given a dose of familiar, this time in the vein of Beauty and the Beast (and what bookish gal doesn't like that story...or at least the library?!), with several twists...the Beast and Belle in role reversals, and the former cursed for all the wrong reasons, while the latter actually was involved in thefts, but not exactly by choice.  Still, there's hope to be had for all,  if one can look below the surface...her's being the outspoken woman that society says is a big NO, and his being five finger discounts, and manipulation by use of his beauty. No one is perfect, but these two are certainly far from being only what they've been labeled. I was glued to the page as everything unfolded, and by book's end, happily bidding them adieu... until next time. 😉 

A great pick for fans of the genre and Young Adult readers alike!



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About the author...

Jennifer Donnelly is the author of A Northern Light, which was awarded a Printz Honor and a Carnegie Medal; Revolution (named a Best Book by Amazon, Kirkus ReviewsSchool Library Journal, and the Chicago Public Library, and nominated for a Carnegie Medal); the Deep Blue series; and many other books for young readers, including Lost in a Book, which spent more than 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

 

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Giveaway Details: 

1 winner will receive a finished copy of BEASTLY BEAUTY, US Only.

Ends June 4th, midnight EST.



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Special thanks to the Rockstar Book Tours team for the chance to bring this tour to you, and to Scholastic Press for the ARC for review. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links find above. This title is available now, wherever books are sold. To catch more bookish fun, be sure to stop by the rest of the sites participating in this tour, and don't miss your chance to win!

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

5/6/2024

The Cover Contessa

Excerpt

5/7/2024

@darkfantasyreviews

Excerpt

5/8/2024

YA Books Central

Excerpt/IG Post

5/9/2024

Fyrekatz Blog

Review/IG Post

5/10/2024

onemused

IG Post

5/10/2024

Ilovebooksandstuffblog

Review/IG Post

5/11/2024

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

Week Two:

5/12/2024

@niks.bookshelf

IG Post

5/13/2024

Wishful Endings

Excerpt/IG Post

5/14/2024

@katherinebichler

TikTok Post

5/15/2024

@dharashahauthor

IG Post

5/15/2024

@travelersguidetobooks

IG Review

5/16/2024

Books With a Chance

Review/IG Post

5/17/2024

jlreadstoperpetuity

IG Review/TikTok Post

5/17/2024

@thepagelady

IG Review

5/18/2024

anitralovesbooksanddogs

IG Review

Week Three:

5/19/2024

Triquetra Reviews

Review/IG Post

5/20/2024

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

5/21/2024

@bookish_aly_cat

IG Review/TikTok Post

5/21/2024

@dreaminginpages

IG Review

5/22/2024

nerdophiles

Review

5/23/2024

A Backwards Story

Review/IG Post

5/23/2024

YA Book Nerd

Review/IG Post

5/24/2024

@jaimes_mystical_library

IG Review

5/25/2024

@celiamcmahonreads

IG Review

Week Four:

5/26/2024

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

5/26/2024

@enthuse_reader

IG Review/TikTok Post

5/27/2024

One More Exclamation

Review/IG Post

5/28/2024

The Momma Spot

Review/IG Post

5/29/2024

traceyreadsandrambles

Review/IG Post

5/30/2024

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Review/IG Post

5/31/2024

More Books Please blog

Review/IG Post



Until next time, remember...if it looks good READ IT!


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