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    Of Thorns and Beauty
    Of Thorns and Beauty
    Of Thorns and Beauty
    Audiobook8 hours

    Of Thorns and Beauty

    Written by Elle Madison and Robin D. Mahle

    Narrated by Shiromi Arserio

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 31, 2021
    ISBN9781666120448
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    • 5/5
      I loved every second of this! Full review on goodreads.
    • 5/5
      A great Beauty and the beast retelling. I really enjoyed this story and am very invested in the main characters and the plot of the story. Was super excited to see it's not a stand-alone and keen to try the next book.
    • 3/5
      This was a unique twist on the Beauty and the Beast myth. It was decent but felt like it was left wide open without a real ending or summation of any of the story lines.