Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763688806)

Filled with magic and fierce emotion, Lisa Jensen's multilayered novel will make you question all you think you know about beauty, beastliness, and happily ever after.

They say Ch teau Beaumont is cursed. But servant-girl Lucie can't believe such foolishness about handsome Jean-Loup Christian Henri LeNoir, Chevalier de Beaumont, master of the estate. But when the chevalier's cruelty is revealed, Lucie vows to see him suffer. A wisewoman grants her wish, with a spell that transforms Jean-Loup into monstrous-looking Beast, reflecting the monster he is inside. But Beast is nothing like the chevalier. Jean-Loup would never patiently tend his roses; Jean-Loup would never attempt poetry; Jean-Loup would never express remorse for the wrong done to Lucie. Gradually, Lucie realizes that Beast is an entirely different creature from the handsome chevalier, with a heart more human than Jean-Loup's ever was. Lucie dares to hope that noble Beast has permanently replaced the cruel Jean-Loup -- until an innocent beauty arrives at Beast's ch teau with the power to break the spell.

Author: Lisa Jensen
ISBN-10: 0763688800
ISBN-13: 9780763688806
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2018
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2018
School Library Journal 07/01/2018 pg. 73
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2018 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory