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A review by shelbyday
The Bride and the Beast by Teresa Medeiros
3.0
I read this YEARS ago and really enjoyed it. I love Beauty and the Beast, and dragons, and virgin sacrifices. Teresa Medeiros is an excellent writer. And I still love this sweet little story. For newer more recent readers, I can see that they may not like it as much as the heroine falls in love with a guy who is holding her captive. However, if you go in with the perspective that this is fictional and meant to be a fun read, I think the story is still great. I definitely recommend it.
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Gwen was 9 years old when the Laird’s 15-yr-old son stood up to a village bully for her. She then promptly falls out of a tree and lands on him. That very night their castle is attacked, and the whole family is seemingly murdered after being betrayed by a clansman for 1000 gold pieces. Fast forward years later and a “dragon” is demanding food and payment as part of a curse. The village decides to give Gwen as a virgin sacrifice instead. Her captor locks her in a room making her as comfy as possible and always hides in the shadows. Hmmm. Guess who it is? Gwen’s father turns out to be the traitor and the gold is buried on top of her mother’s grave. Gwen is forced to marry Bernard and then he runs away to London only to have her go to him and fight for him to come home. At times the way things play out is unbelievable, but it is a work of fiction and a sweet little story.
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Gwen was 9 years old when the Laird’s 15-yr-old son stood up to a village bully for her. She then promptly falls out of a tree and lands on him. That very night their castle is attacked, and the whole family is seemingly murdered after being betrayed by a clansman for 1000 gold pieces. Fast forward years later and a “dragon” is demanding food and payment as part of a curse. The village decides to give Gwen as a virgin sacrifice instead. Her captor locks her in a room making her as comfy as possible and always hides in the shadows. Hmmm. Guess who it is? Gwen’s father turns out to be the traitor and the gold is buried on top of her mother’s grave. Gwen is forced to marry Bernard and then he runs away to London only to have her go to him and fight for him to come home. At times the way things play out is unbelievable, but it is a work of fiction and a sweet little story.