I'm counting down the weeks to Christmas by sharing some of the books that made it onto my wishlist (and maybe helping some of you guys add to your lists...?)!
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
"Beauty and the Beast" is one of my favourite fairy tales, so of course I always perk up whenever I find a new retelling of it. This particular one seems to be kinda love-it-or-hate-it among the book blogosphere, so I've been a little wary of getting it, but in the end it made its way onto my wishlist. (The votes were resoundingly in favour of "get it!" in my Get it or Forget It? poll, with plenty of convincing arguments!)From Goodreads:
"Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.
Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.
With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her.
As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love."
What books are you hoping to find under the tree this year? Feel free to let me know in the comments or leave a link to your own blog post!
I really loved this book! It was very sexy and addictive and completely unique and a little bit surreal. Hope you get a chance to check it out x
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