{"id":8438,"date":"2021-11-18T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=8438"},"modified":"2021-11-18T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:43:37","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast-retellings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/beauty-and-the-beast-retellings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty and the Beast Retellings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month at <a href=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/\">Dastaan<\/a>, we talked about the modern take on <em>Jane Austen\u2019s<\/em> novels. Today, we are focusing solely on<em> \u201cThe Beauty and the Beast\u201d<\/em> retellings. We all grew up listening to the tale of innocent <em>Belle<\/em> and her evil captor, the <em>Beast<\/em>. Even though the original tale dates back to thousand of years, there have been many versions of this story throughout the history. Let\u2019s have a look on\u00a0the <em>contemporary YA<\/em> \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d retellings.<\/p>\n<h2>A Court of Thorn and Roses \u2013 Sarah J Maas<\/h2>\n<p>In <em>Feyre\u2019s<\/em> village winters are <em>long<\/em> and <em>merciless<\/em>. Therefore, there is no choice left for her other than to go to the forest and hunt for her <em>family\u2019s survival<\/em>. However, the forest is home to all kinds of <em>predators<\/em>. One evening, Feyre ends up killing a giant <em>wolf-like<\/em> creature and the course of her life changes. To avenge the <em>death<\/em> of the wolf-like creature, his friend <em>Tamlin<\/em>, a masked man who <em>shape shifts<\/em> takes Feyre captive in <em>Prithyian<\/em>, the land of fae. Soon Feyre and Tamlin grow to like each other and the rest of the tale unfolds in the old fashioned<em> \u2018beauty and the beast\u2019<\/em> manner. Even though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/16096824-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Court of Thorn and Roses<\/a> is known to be a fairytale retelling, Sarah J. Maas has been able to build a separate fanbase for this series because of her <i>descriptive prose<\/i> and a wide range of <i>complex characters<\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBe glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don\u2019t feel anything at all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8458\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Retelling-Beauty-and-the-Beast.jpeg\" alt=\"Beauty and the Beast\" width=\"353\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Retelling-Beauty-and-the-Beast.jpeg 353w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Retelling-Beauty-and-the-Beast-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Retelling-Beauty-and-the-Beast-150x225.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Retelling-Beauty-and-the-Beast-300x450.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>A Curse So Dark and Lonely \u2013 Brigid Kemmerer<\/h2>\n<p>The story always begins with an <em>evil enchantress or sorceress<\/em> cursing the <em>vain and arrogant<\/em> yet <em>handsome prince<\/em> to a life of loneliness. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/43204703-a-curse-so-dark-and-lonely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curse-breaker<\/a> series by Brigid Kemmerer, <em>Prince Rhen<\/em>, the heir of <em>Emberfall<\/em> is condemned to relive his <em>eighteenth<\/em> year slowly turning into a <em>beast<\/em>, unless a young girl falls in <em>love<\/em> with him. However, with the ruin surrounding <em>Emberfall<\/em>, it is almost impossible to find a girl who would fall in love with a <em>cruel beast<\/em>. But hope knocks at Emberfall, as <em>Harper<\/em> a girl from the streets of <em>Washington, DC,<\/em> is suddenly pulled into a <em>magical world<\/em>. Upon meeting each other, both of them are <em>bewildered<\/em> at the thought of what is at stake for them. As the duo spends some time together, Rhen realises, for him Harper is not just a means to end the <em>curse<\/em>, she is so much more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHave you not figured it out yet? The curse torments us all.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Beauty-and-the-Beast-retellings-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Beauty and the Beast\" width=\"750\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Beauty-and-the-Beast-retellings-1-2.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Beauty-and-the-Beast-retellings-1-2-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Beauty-and-the-Beast-retellings-1-2-667x1024.jpeg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>A Thieving Curse \u2013 Selina R. Gonzalez<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/57112886-a-thieving-curse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Thieving Curse<\/a> by Selina Gonzalez is a beautiful<em> \u201cbeauty and the beast\u201d<\/em> reimagining with clever twists. Here we do not have a <em>naive girl<\/em> from a humble background being lost in the woods. The story revolves around <em>Princess Raelyn<\/em> who is betrothed to the <em>Crown Prince Tristan<\/em>. Their <em>political marriage<\/em> is a seal cementing a <em>peace treaty<\/em> between their kingdoms. However, on the day of her wedding, a <em>monster-man<\/em> Alexander, takes her captive claiming to be the <em>real<\/em> crown prince. Read the book to unfold how Raelyn learns the <em>secret<\/em> to Alexander\u2019s\u00a0<em>rough exterior<\/em> and starts to fall for the <em>kind man<\/em> hiding behind that <em>facade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are a great many things that shouldn&#8217;t be. Being angry won&#8217;t change it or make it easier.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8463\" src=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-thieving-curse.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-thieving-curse.jpeg 694w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-thieving-curse-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/a-thieving-curse-687x1024.jpeg 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoyed these unique takes on \u201cThe Beauty and Beast\u201d fairytale. For more literary goodness, stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month at Dastaan, we talked about the modern take on Jane Austen\u2019s novels. Today, we are focusing solely on \u201cThe Beauty and the Beast\u201d retellings. We all grew up listening to the tale of innocent Belle and her evil captor, the Beast. 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