Title: Bitterburn
Series: Gothic Fairytales #1
Author: Ann Aguirre
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Release Date: October 31, 2020
Amarrah Brewer is desperate and grief-stricken.
For ages, the town of Bitterburn has sent tribute to the Keep at the End of the World, but a harsh winter leaves them unable to pay the toll that keeps the Beast at bay. Amarrah volunteers to brave what no one has before—to end the threat or die trying.
The Beast of Bitterburn has lost all hope.
One way or another, Njål has been a prisoner for his entire life. Monstrous evil has left him trapped and lonely, and he believes that will never change. There is only darkness in his endless exile, never light. Never warmth. Until she arrives.
It's a tale as old as time... where Beauty goes to confront the Beast and falls in love instead.
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The story world is dark and dreary. Very gothic and peasant filled. Amarrah offers to go as tribute to the beast so that the towns people can sustain their families through the winter. She learns the truths of the mysterious Beast. She is brave and smart and has a bit of earth witch in her.
Together, they work to defeat the curse holding him to the castle. Although this has Beauty and the Beast undertones, it is a twist on the familiar story. More paranormal than the original. I liked just about everything about it.
Great rainy day read. I am looking forward to what the next int he series might be.
*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ann Aguirre has been a clown, a clerk, a savior of stray kittens, and a voice actress, not necessarily in that order. She grew up in a yellow house across from a cornfield, but now she lives in Mexico with her family. She writes all kinds of genre fiction, but she has an eternal soft spot for a happily ever after.
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