Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: The Forest of Dark Delights
SERIES: A Cox Fairytale #1
AUTHOR: James Cox
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 63 pages
RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2017
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After the beast became human, Belle turned into the animal.
We all know the story. The dangerous and ugly Beast finds his true love in Belle. After a horrific fight with Gaston, the beast is finally transformed back into a man. What happens after that? It’s almost two years later and Belle is no longer the sweet woman the Beast fell in love with. She sweeps into towns with her ruthless army to pillage every book she can find and add it to her library. Beast is lonely, saddened by the lover he can’t understand but soon an old enemy returns to the castle.
Gaston is not the man he used to be. He made a promise to himself when he survived that fall, broken but alive. He’d make his amends to the beast. Someway, somehow.
When Gaston and Beast start a forbidden romance, the evil that is Belle returns to the castle…
REVIEW:
Definitely a remake of Beauty and the Beast with a twist lol. Who would have thought Belle would turn evil and Gaston would be the one who ends up with Beast.
After Belle changes Beast into human by breaking the curse, Belle turns evil. But part of the fault lies with Beast. Belle pillages towns for their books and if the don’t give them to her, she kills the villagers and burns the villages. People are in fear for their lives. Beast is miserable without the woman he loved. And to make matter worse, Gaston is back. He somehow survived. He says he wants forgiveness and to make amends. But Beast doesn’t trust him. As time wears on, they form a relationship. Slowly learning each other. But Belle returns and turns everything on its head.
Not bad for a twisted remake. Gaston is truly repentant and Belle is hell on hooves. After watching the movie, it’s so weird to picture them the way in this story. But it’s refreshing as well to see a different outlook on a fairytale. Beast is still learning to be human again and knows something isn’t quite right when a possession he has is still magical. I think you guys would like it. But you might not look at the movie the same again lol. Happy reading!
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