From New York Times bestselling, Carnegie-award-winningauthor Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swappedretelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how youthink about beauty, power, and what it really means to followyour heart.“Absolutely enthrallingstorytelling...the romantic chemistry and witty banter of thelead characters is most enjoyable” - Joy Court, LoveReading(Book of the Month)What makes a girl "beastly?" Is it having too much ambition? Beingtoo proud? Taking up too much space? Or is it just wantingsomething, anything, too badly?That's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut insociety. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she canmarry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish thefire burning inside her - the source of her deepest wishes, herwildest dreams.When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires,a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming herand everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. As theyears pass, Arabella abandons hope. The curse is her fault - afterall, there's nothing more "beastly" than a girl who expressesher anger - and the only way to break it is to finda boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girlwho'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 breakthe curse. But Beau - spooked by the castle's strange and forbiddingladies-in-waiting, and by the malevolent presence that stalksits corridors at night - only wants to escape. He learned longago that love is only an illusion. If Beau and Arabella haveany hope of breaking the curse, they must learn to trust their woundedhearts, and realize that the cruelest prisons of allare the ones we build for ourselves. A stunningly told, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty andthe BeastAuthored by the brilliant, New York Times bestselling,Carnegie-award-winning author, Jennifer DonnellyA story that will change how you view beauty, power and yourown emotions
