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The Beast's Heart

by Leife Shallcross · 2018

A sumptuously magical, brand new take on a tale as old as time—read the Beast's side of the story at long last. I am neither monster nor man—yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched… more

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Enchantments and dreams: I suspect they are made of the same stuff. They each beguile the mind and confuse the senses with wonder and strangeness so all that was familiar becomes freakish, and the most bizarre of things intimate and natural. For the longest time after the curse fell, I did not know if I was a beast who dreamed of being a man, or a man who dreamed he was a beast.
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For the longest time after the curse fell, I did not know if I was a beast who dreamed of being a man, or a man who dreamed he was a beast.
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I have always been yours
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Let all who look upon you see the nature of the heart beating in your breast,
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He is not a CREATURE. He is a GOOD MAN!
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There is always a way to break a curse.
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Anyone who has ever fallen in love will know that when the realisation strikes – that you love that person above all others and want to spend all the rest of your days by their side – this is accompanied by an urge to run and shout it from the mountaintops.
I promised I would catch you
I wish I could make her see any amount of money was only the least of her virtues.

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A sumptuously magical, brand new take on a tale as old as time—read the Beast's side of the story at long last.

I am neither monster nor man—yet I am both.

I am the Beast.

The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved—although it did not feel so at the time.

My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not proud of what I did the day her father happened upon my crumbling, isolated chateau. But if loneliness breeds desperation then I was desperate indeed, and I did what I felt I must. My shameful behaviour was unjustly rewarded.

My Isabeau. She opened my eyes, my mind and my heart; she taught me how to be human again.

And now I might lose her forever.

Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally lays bare the beast's heart.

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First published
2018
Genre
Fantasy
Goodreads rating
3.67 (4k ratings)

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