There were several times during Cruel Beauty when I felt hopelessly confused. I know very little about the tale of Beauty and the Beast, and also woven into this fairy-tale retelling was a good deal of Greek mythology and the supernatural. But even when I was left scratching my head and trying to figure out what I’d missed, I was captivated by this story. Hodge tried to cover a great deal of territory in Cruel Beauty, and she did it… Read more »
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