“Beauty and the Beast Meets Twilight” UPDATE: Revised edition. Contains new material.Honor student and cheerleader, Bel Winter, works hard to be a normal teenager. But deep down, she knows she is far from normal. The glowing rose-shaped mark on her shoulder is her first clue. As her 17th birthday draws close, Bel’s friends fear she is losing her grip on reality. Yet, Bel believes. The visions she … losing her grip on reality. Yet, Bel believes. The visions she sees are real. The men in black capes who come out of the shadows are real.
And they are coming for her…
On the night of Bel’s birthday, at the stroke of midnight, her world goes black. When she wakes, she is thrust into a new and frightening world—the underground Onyx City.
It is a place rife with magic and creatures of the night.
It is a place of dark beauty, dangerous intrigue and ruled by a beast—the ruthless vampire prince, Ezra Blade.
When Bel makes a desperate attempt to escape her captors, she trespasses through the royal gardens, and is caught by the prince himself. Now, her fate is in his hands. Though she fears the mercurial Ezra, Bel knows he alone has the power to release her from the Onyx City.
Can Bel tame the beast? And convince him to set her free?
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So this book has great bones! I was really curious about the characters, the setting was cool, there was an interesting conflict…but it needed a little more fleshing out. Bel, our main character didn’t have the same moxie as some of our current fantasy heriones, but she was nobody’s doormat (always a plus). What I really wanted to see was more interactions between her and this new world she encountered. She finds herself in a “dark Wonderland,” and she doesn’t seem to be asking enough questions about anything. I wanted more time with the vampire court especially how they interacted with Ezra. We got some of the customs and quirks of life underground.I wanted to know more! Prince Ezra led a war. Tell me what that was like! What was Bian doing this war? What was Lux’s role? Bel said Phelan wasn’t a killer, so he didn’t fight to help his cousin OR did she mean he wasn’t a murderer (big difference)? I also really wanted more of the middle of Bel and Ezra’s relationship. Great beginning, slightly abrupt ending, but none of the actual process of preparing her to fit in enough to get through this ball they need her to get through. I wanted to see her develop her gifts! I just felt like this story had so much potential that the author needed to finish her world building and character development to give the biggest bang for her buck! I’m really hoping she writes a sequel because I would love a second trip into this world!
So “Beauty and the vampire” was one I was really looking forward to.
Not only was the cover of this book visually stunning it was one that the blurb really intrigued me.
capturing my attention then reeling me in.
The idea of a vampiric beauty and the beast, which just so happens to be one of my favourite Disney stories, really appealed to me in every way.
So Cheerleader Bel with her mum AWOL and her best friend and crush flirting it up elsewhere finds herself on the Eve of her 17th birthday transported to an alternate world.
the underground Onyx City where she is now a vessel for creatures of the night and property of the royal house itself.
A place Where magic abounds and Vampires rule.
So when Bel trespasses in the royal gardens she comes to the attention of the vampire prince, Ezra Blade.
So this was a tale of two halves for me.
I loved the first half of this book and was disappointed in the second.
I felt that this should have been longer and there was so much more that could have been made of this fantastically fresh idea.
There were Ideas that were put forward but not always explained like the Infirmary, it was such a chilling concept but not expanded on.
A missed opportunity for sure.
I also felt too much was made of Ezra’s first love being totally beyond compare totally making Bel seem like the consolation prize.
Even the ending here when he doesn’t express verbally the same sentiments back at Bel shows a lack of commitment on Ezra’s part.
I felt overall the second half of this was rushed and so much more could have been achieved here.
The finish also I found to be very abrupt indeed.
Don’t get me wrong I did enjoy this, it was just disappointing that this reality hadn’t been expanded on in more depth.
A shame as the world building here was fantastic.
One other slight nitpick I would have liked to see the mums fate as she was a class A Biotch who needed exterminating.
“Beauty and the vampire” could do with a bit of an overall and the ending ekeing out a bit.
If that was done I can guarantee a higher rating from me.
I met in the middle when it came to rating this, three stars.
I would definitely read a follow-on to this as I’m curious where this could go.
And as I said earlier this is a greatly imaginative idea.
So I was provided with an ARC of “Beauty and the Vampire” By Netgalley of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.