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Cruel Beauty

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The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in a dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
For fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away.
Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected—particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy—who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart.
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309 printed pages
Publication year
2014
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  • Maja Mønstedshared an impression7 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    🎯Worthwhile
    🚀Unputdownable

    So good, is there a part 2? 🤗❤️😏

  • Marina Zalashared an impression8 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💡Learnt A Lot
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    One of different beauty and the beast retelling 😁😁

  • Zunaira Manzoorshared an impression4 days ago
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Quotes

  • Дафна Вандерhas quoted6 years ago
    Then I thought, I do not have time for such things.
  • Zunaira Manzoorhas quoted4 days ago
    “We’ll both be foolish,” I said, “and vicious and cruel. We will never be safe with each other.”

    “Don’t try too hard to be cheerful.” His fingers threaded through mine.

    “But we’ll pretend we know how to love.” I smiled at him. “And someday we’ll learn.”

    And we walked out through the gateway together.
  • Zunaira Manzoorhas quoted4 days ago
    But when we were almost at the threshold, he paused again, and this time there was naked fear on his face.

    “You do realize,” he said. “I don’t remember how to be anything but a demon lord and his shadow.”

    “I’m still not very good at being anything but a wicked sister.” I took his other hand.

    A handful of kindness, the sparrow had said, and now we each had two.

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