The New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine and The Hero and the Crown presents a beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
When their fatherâs business fails, a young woman named Beauty and her two sisters leave their fine house in the city and move to a tiny cottage far away from everything theyâve ever known. The neglected cottage is engulfed by the long thorny stems of some unknown plant. Beauty patiently tends to them, and when, the following summer, the mysterious flowers are the most beautiful things the sisters have ever seen, an old woman tells Beauty: âRoses are for love. Not silly sweetheartsâ love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole ⊠Thereâs an old folk-tale that there arenât many roses around any more because they need more love than people have to give them to make them flower âŠâ
When Beauty takes her fatherâs place in the terrifying beastâs palace, she discovers that his beloved rose garden is dying; and because she needs something to do to distract her from missing her family, because she loves rosesâand because she pities the Beastâshe determines to bring it back to life âŠ
â[A] heady mix of fairy tale, magic, and romance ⊠dazzling ⊠has the power to exhilarate.ââPublishers Weekly
