He’d tried to get rid of her less than an hour ago, and now he was asking her to stay as his mock girlfriend? There was no way she’d add another layer of frosting to the towering cake of implication currently baking inside the castle’s curved walls. Why couldn’t the client have been a sweet old man, or bald and frumpy? Instead, she had to trail a dark featured version of Thor, who had the disposition of a porcupine, around the endless mansion while tying to avert her eyes from his backside. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It was great!įor me, this was the perfect holiday romance slash (modern) fairy tale adaptation. This book adds and extra layer with a little plot twist in which Izzy is asked by Derek to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to get his stepmother to stop trying to set him up with every girl she can think of. You know how in the original Disney version of Beauty and the Beast where suddenly he starts to warm up to her and if you blink you miss that moment where annoyance turns to admiration? I saw that little spark in this book. They were fleshed out enough that they weren’t JUST characters in the book, they had layers and personality. Izzy was bright and optimistic, with her own sad backstory as well.
#Bookworm and the beast full#
Then you have Derek, the man who never wanted a temp, but thanks to his meddling staff (whom he’d given the holidays off) he now has.ĭerek was dark and brooding, full of backstory. You have Izzy, the very determined woman who accepts a job through a temp agency working for Derek. Okay, I think I’ve only read one other, but this one was a total winner in my book. Hands down, this is my favorite Beauty and the Beast retelling. Welcome to the 12 Books of Christmas! This is my TWELFTH contribution and… I miscounted, so watch for a BONUS Christmas book review TOMORROW!įor more information about this reading challenge and to join go here: The 12 Books of Christmas Challenge The 12 Books of Christmas Reading Challenge
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