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Modern Princess - Entre les lignes by Jasmine Guillory

21 reviews

buttermellow's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

jazhandz's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

miasreads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Toxic relationship

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Going into this, I didn't realize it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I just wanted to read Jasmine Guillory's latest book. Once I did realize that that's what was happening, I thought it was cute, but some of the references were a bit on the nose (like, why would a publishing company be called "Then Somebody Bends"?). Still, it was cute, and I can tell that Guillory is growing as a writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Really liked it except the ending scene before the epilogue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

meganpbennett's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved The Wedding Date series by Jasmine Guillory, and Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorite Disney movies as a kids, so I was really excited when I saw that this book was coming out. And I adored about 85-90% of By the Book. 

It was a fun modern take on Beauty and the Beast, though there were bits that seemed forced, as though Disney Press was unwilling to let us forget for even a paragraph that this was a modern take on their movie version of Beauty and the Beast. Michaela being called "Kettle" is one of them and Izzy's room that may or may not be magical is another. 

But those were relatively easy to overlook. My issue is with the ending, as it seemed that too much action was stuffed into about 40 pages, when it needed about 80 pages to do what it needed to do. 

It's not just this book; I've noticed that it's become a very common trope in romance novels, that everything is going really smoothly, and then, with about 50 pages to go, everything happens at once, without enough pages remaining to solve everything. I've read books that condense it down into 10 or even 5 pages, which is most assuredly not enough pages. It feels like the publishers want angst and conflict in their stories, and tell the author to add some, right at the end. But there's almost never enough time to explore that conflict, and get it worked out to be reasonable within the context of the story. 

And those rushed endings always effect how I rate books, as they take away from the story, and cause me to take a full star off of my original rating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

sdupont's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

By The Book is a cute Beauty and the Beast retelling. I liked some of the small easter egg connections to the original story- like Isabelle working at Tale As Old As Time Publishing. I wish there was a little more enemies style banter in this story but overall it is a solid and enjoyable retelling. Would recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cassielaj's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is so sweet! I love that Jasmine Guillory was able to make the story entirely her own while still filling it with Beauty and the Beast references. These characters are fantastic and the story is a fairy tale. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol