Of Thorns and Beauty, Robin D. Mahle
Of Thorns and Beauty, Robin D. Mahle
7 Rating(s)
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Of Thorns and Beauty

Author: Robin D. Mahle, Elle Madison

Narrator: Shiromi Arserio

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/31/2021


Synopsis

You think you know the tale as old as time, but you've already got it wrong. There never was a beauty and a beast, only a girl who was both. And that girl was me.

Zaina will never be free.

She's forced into an arranged marriage to a Viking King in a castle full of secrets. But she carries secrets of her own, and the scars of her haunted past.

Handed off from one monster to another, she has no choice but to do her best to survive and protect her sisters.

Even if it costs her everything.

A Beauty and the Beast retelling you won't want to miss, where nothing is what it seems and time is running out.

About Robin D. Mahle

Robin D. Mahle is the USA Today bestselling husband and wife storytelling team. They've travelled the world for both love and war, and a tale began to form between the two of them that just had to be told. One's love of anime and comics collided with the other's love of young adult fiction, and together, they made a book baby. (And also a couple of human ones). These days, they spend their time homeschooling their munchkins between intense family dragon battles and the occasional chaotic road trip.


Reviews

Goodreads review by charlene ✿ on July 17, 2024

5 stars   ★★★★★ ☞ Trigger warnings: **contains spoilers** (view spoiler)[ abuse, abusive relationship, alcohol consumption, arranged and forced marriage, avalanche (mentioned), beating, blackmail, blood & gore depictions, body horror, body modifications, burns, captivity & confinement, child abuse (mentioned), chi (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Libby on June 28, 2022

Of Thorns and Beauty leans too far on the sensual side for me. It certainly is an incredibly unique retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but the romance ended up being based more on physical attraction, and it felt over the top and repulsive. I don't want to pick this book up again, though I'm curious......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 20, 2021

This was and OK read but I don't think I will be reading book two.......more

Goodreads review by Books_and_Crafts on September 29, 2022

I am mixed on this book. I really didn’t like the main character at all. She was bitter and angry and wholly unlikable. The world was alright, the story had potential but it was dragged down by a main character that brought nothing to the table. This was a miss for me, not too sure if I will continu......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 18, 2022

Zaina is forced into an arranged marriage with Einar, the king of Jokith. She soon discovers that the castle holds many secrets, but so does she. Zaina hates what she's been sent there to do, but she does what she needs in order to protect her sisters. I love the world Mahle and Madison have created......more