earthtonadia's review against another edition
4.0
When I first started reading this, I realized that this was another literal retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The FMC’s name is Belle, and she lives with her father, Maurice, who has a gambling addiction. Gaston is the evil man who wants Belle and keeps taking advantage of Maurice’s addiction. So the Beast steps in to pay Maurice’s debts in exchange for Belle. Nothing new here.
But then… then the Beast unleashed himself. And any lingering thoughts I had about the retelling suddenly didn’t matter. The Beast was a beast, indeed. Speechless.
Definitely read this for the smut, not the plot. Chef’s kiss, perfection, 10000/10.
But then… then the Beast unleashed himself. And any lingering thoughts I had about the retelling suddenly didn’t matter. The Beast was a beast, indeed. Speechless.
Definitely read this for the smut, not the plot. Chef’s kiss, perfection, 10000/10.
druidslibrary's review against another edition
2.0
I just read the first four pages and I immediately stopped. The cringe
ryann2011's review against another edition
4.0
Damn! I was not expecting to get so turned on by this! This was my first Jenika Snow book but I’ll be picking up more of her books for sure. This was definitely smut>plot but I was here for it all! The primal, possessive, carnal relationship between Belle and Beast was exactly what I was looking for and throw in the praise and “good girl” moments and I was sold!
3.5 ⭐️
3.5 ⭐️
blairchristine's review against another edition
5.0
A short reimagining of beauty and the beast. Where it still follows the story you are use to but the beast never turns into a man. Full of knotting, primal chasing and a possessive beast who only wants his Belle! I absolutely loved this reimagining/retelling of beauty and her beast and all the wicked things the best does to Belle. I can never say no to a monster romance and you won’t be able to too after reading The Beast!
helena_10's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
samsbookjournal's review against another edition
2.0
This story was only 122 pages, but I felt like it was 1000 with how long it went on and on and on. I was bored, and you should never be bored during a smut book.
As far as fairy tell retellings go, this was a let down.
As far as fairy tell retellings go, this was a let down.
karlapetrova's review against another edition
2.0
I am a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast retellings and monster romances and I really don’t ask for a lot when I pick up a book like this.
I am even more heartbroken that I didn’t like it because it had all of the elements to make it great (a mmc who is actually a beast!, size kink, breeding kink, knotting and I could go on!) but there was such a build up to the spicy scenes and 1) they were lacking and 2) there was actually only one barely detailed scene.
This was like a badly written ao3 fix fic that has a bunch of tags but doesn’t deliver on any of them. I’m sad.
I am even more heartbroken that I didn’t like it because it had all of the elements to make it great (a mmc who is actually a beast!, size kink, breeding kink, knotting and I could go on!) but there was such a build up to the spicy scenes and 1) they were lacking and 2) there was actually only one barely detailed scene.
This was like a badly written ao3 fix fic that has a bunch of tags but doesn’t deliver on any of them. I’m sad.
cohira's review
When he described blowing a load so big it covered walls and floors. No thanks