A review by booksalacarte
The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

3⭐️3🌶️

Historical Romance

Multi pov

Beauty and the beast retelling

He fell first

Troubled marriage 

Second chance romance

Forced proximity

Slow burn

There are 8 books in this series. I did not read the previous before starting this one. Generally it isn’t necessarily required when it comes to historical romance. With this series I felt a little out of place because there was a lot of missing context due to me not reading the previous books in this interconnected series.

One of the tropes I consider a spoiler is one that I absolutely hate. The use of the trope made this a harder book to enjoy, with it being the main trope of this couple. It was never made clear if he was just a big hypocrite (as men of the time generally were) or justifiably upset. The slow burn timing was really well done.

Some of the transitions from POV shifts or scene changes were fairly abrupt, making the scenes not as seamless as it could have been.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Vouager for an eARC of this book. All opinions are my own.