Of Thorns and Beauty

Twisted Pages Series, Book 1

By: Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

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.

©2020 Whiskey and Willow Publishing (P)2021 Tantor

Not worth it

Good plot but it just felt empty. Like it was just an outline and leaves you wanting more… not in a can’t wait for the next book kind of way but like that’s it? I kept waiting for a twist or a turn but it’s just is what it is.

Sorry, didn’t finish

It was hard to get past the reader’s character voices. Her narrative reading was great, though. Personal preference: the main character was such a negative personality, it was very hard to be sympathetic. Book just wasn’t for me.

great reimagining of Beauty and the Beast

This is a first person narrative, well read and full of interesting world building. This is a fantasy setting with dragons and low magic. There is child abuse and sexual assault as backstory. It is never on the page but it is discussed. I like how it is handled and how the story works towards hope and healing.

Suprisinly good!!!!

Great story, great narrator, and interesting characters!!!!! It was a nice time and good writting.

Indian Queen Badass

The plot was solid, but it's like an onion, you're slowly peeling back the mystery of the FMC, who she is and where she came from. There are still many unanswered questions, enough for me to want to read the next book.

it is a slow starter but once it picks up it's hard to put down. Also who doesn't love an Indian Queen badass!!! Love the representation!!