Gilded Rose

A take on the story of Beauty and the Beast. This version has a mighty being cursed to turn into a monster, the King of the Dread and in his turn turn others into monsters and kill humans. The Dread swoop on the city of Little Marsh, killing or capturing all in their wake. Amicia escapes when all other die or are captured, including her father, and makes her way to what she hopes is safety, instead she finds a magical castle, the very castle where the King of Dread and his army live. She hides for days in the secret passages in the walls of castle before being found . She and the King eventually come to an agreement, if she can find a way to lift the curse then she wins her freedom. So she studies in the castle library to try and find a way to lift the curse and as she slowly gets to know the King she loses her fear of him and he begins to change, become more human looking. Good book.

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This book was kinda slow going and kinda hard to get through at first. But I'm reviewing this book after also reading Emerald Rose (#2 book), so while you are left with lots of questions you do get the answers to them just in the other books, it just clicks together.The story is beautifully written and made me think of beauty and the Beast more than the many other retellings I've read so far.I give it 4 stars simply because the copy I received had pages coming out as I read, they were not out of order or anything. They just went propely adhered to the binding.

The book is really good to read .

I love Emma Hamm. I’m always sucked right in and lose track of time. Before I know it, I’m turning the last page. Her strong female characters capture me and I can relate with them! Can’t wait to read more