If you're excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don't miss Cruel Beauty.

The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Perfect for fans of bestselling An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this gorgeously written debut infuses the classic fairy tale with glittering magic, a feisty heroine, and a romance sure to take your breath away.

Betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, Nyx has always known that her fate was to marry him, kill him, and free her people from his tyranny. But on her seventeenth birthday when she moves into his castle high on the kingdom's mountaintop, nothing is what she expected--particularly her charming and beguiling new husband. Nyx knows she must save her homeland at all costs, yet she can't resist the pull of her sworn enemy--who's gotten in her way by stealing her heart.

--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 01/28/2014
ISBN: 9780062224736
Pages: 346
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.06w x 1.16d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2013
Romantic Times 02/01/2014 pg. 42 - Excellent
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2014
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Publishers Weekly 01/27/2014
School Library Journal 02/01/2014 pg. 106
Shelf Awareness 02/04/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 112 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 170522 / Cruel Beauty
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13