A review by amandaquotidianbooks
Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World by Maria Tatar

4.0

I put this book down after reading a pretty grizzly story where an animal bridegroom stomps his mean bride to death. But when I picked this back up the writing was a lot less dry than I expected from fairytales, and there was no more bride-stomping. The translations of these tales felt modern and were easy to read. It is nice to have a large collection of animal bridegroom stories all in one place.