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Beauty and the Beast
Historical and contemporary romances with a beauty and the beast theme. Also retellings of the beauty and beast fairytale.
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3)
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Beastly (Beastly, #1)
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
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When Beauty Tamed the Beast (Fairy Tales, #2)
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Eloisa James (Goodreads Author)
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Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3)
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J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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The Phantom of the Opera
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To Beguile a Beast (Legend of the Four Soldiers, #3)
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Elizabeth Hoyt (Goodreads Author)
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Ravished
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Amanda Quick (Goodreads Author)
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Wuthering Heights
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Rose Daughter
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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)
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Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author)
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Cruel Beauty
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Rosamund Hodge (Goodreads Author)
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A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
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Heart's Blood
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
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Yours Until Dawn
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Teresa Medeiros (Goodreads Author)
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If You Deceive (MacCarrick Brothers, #3)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
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A Rose in Winter
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Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1)
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Tessa Dare (Goodreads Author)
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The Bride and the Beast (Once Upon a Time, #2)
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Teresa Medeiros (Goodreads Author)
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A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
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Entreat Me
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Grace Draven (Goodreads Author)
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Texas Destiny (Texas Trilogy, #1)
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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Uprooted
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Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
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Demon from the Dark (Immortals After Dark, #9)
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Kresley Cole (Goodreads Author)
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Of Beast and Beauty
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Stacey Jay (Goodreads Author)
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Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1)
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Grace Draven (Goodreads Author)
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Beauty and the Billionaire (Billionaire Boys Club, #2)
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Jessica Clare (Goodreads Author)
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast
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Ellen Titlebaum (Adapted By)
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Once a Princess (Cardinia's Royal Family, #1)
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Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
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Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author)
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Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales, #1)
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K.M. Shea (Goodreads Author)
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The Vixen and the Vet
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Katy Regnery (Goodreads Author)
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Goddess of the Rose (Goddess Summoning, #4)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
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Making Faces
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Amy Harmon (Goodreads Author)
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Simply Love (Simply Quartet #2)
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The Merchant's Daughter (Hagenheim, #2)
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Melanie Dickerson (Goodreads Author)
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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Beast
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Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author)
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Goddess of Spring (Goddess Summoning, #2)
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P.C. Cast (Goodreads Author)
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Midnight Angel (Midnight, #3)
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Lisa Marie Rice (Goodreads Author)
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Firelight (Darkest London, #1)
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Kristen Callihan (Goodreads Author)
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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters, #0)
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Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author)
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Belle
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Land of the Beautiful Dead
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Lair of the Lion
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Christine Feehan (Goodreads Author)
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Depravity (Beastly Tales, #1)
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Hunted
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To Love A Monster
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Beast
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Seeking Persephone (The Lancaster Family, #1)
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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The Gargoyle
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Andrew Davidson (Goodreads Author)
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The Black Lyon (Montgomery/Taggert, #1)
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The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
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Master of Crows (Master of Crows, #1)
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Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed (Sons of Sin, #1)
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The Secret Pearl
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Bryony and Roses
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Beauty and the Beast
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Hannah Howell (Goodreads Author)
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Beast (Estill County Mountain Man #1)
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Hearts in Darkness (Hearts in Darkness, #1)
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Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
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The Cold King
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The Bad Guy
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
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Lord Carew's Bride
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Beauty and the Werewolf (Five Hundred Kingdoms, #6)
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Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author)
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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
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To Pleasure a Prince (Royal Brotherhood, #2)
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Seduction
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This Is All I Ask (de Piaget, #6; de Piaget/MacLeod, #3)
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Mystique
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East (East, #1)
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Broken (Redemption, #1)
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Beauty Touched the Beast (Beauty, #1)
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The Perils of Pursuing a Prince (Desperate Debutantes, #2)
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Darling Beast (Maiden Lane, #7)
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A Whisper of Roses
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Beneath the Scars
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From This Moment On (de Piaget, #8; de Piaget/MacLeod, #9)
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How Beauty Met the Beast (Tales of the Underlight, #1)
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Tapestry
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The Scarletti Curse (Scarletti Dynasty, #1)
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
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Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
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With This Ring (Vanza, #1)
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The Hollow Kingdom (The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, #1)
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Beauty Dates the Beast (Midnight Liaisons, #1)
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Honor Among Orcs (Orc Saga, #1)
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Dragon Rose (Tales of the Latter Kingdoms, #1)
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The Eye of the Beholder (Fairytale Collection #1)
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Beauty
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When She Said I Do (Worthington, #1)
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Lord of the Abyss (Royal House of Shadows, #4)
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Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection, #1)
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Jul 10, 2008 06:40AM
Help me out! I would love to gather a list of all the Beauty and the Beast themed historicals out there. Any suggestions would be great!
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Hi! Here are some off the top of my head. 'Once a Rake' by Rona Sharon, and 'Simply Love' by Mary Balogh.
Wow! Thanks heaps Kim, I will be sure to find myself something to read for the challenge out of that list...
Some of these aren't historicals so I was wondering if we could add any paranormals?
Hmmm, good question. I'm also not exactly sure how Nemesis fits in... it's a mystery, not a romance.
Post relating to this-- I read this historical romance book that was pretty good but I can't remember the title or one of the main characters name so I'll post what I do remember:
The main character was a French aristrocrat girl named Ariadne(i think). She was supposed to be married to this British Lord (Insert name here) but the rumors about him were so scary and horrible, she steals her older brothers armor and runs away to become a knight.
Maybe it's fate because she ended up the guard of a girl who is eating constantly. Unfortunately the girl is about to get married and to the same guy she left at the altar years ago. So she has to guard the girl all the way to her former grooms friends' castle. Where her secrets gets discovered and........
How is the original Phantom of the Opera not on this list!?!
Kim wrote: "Post relating to this-- I read this historical romance book that was pretty good but I can't remember the title or one of the main characters name so I'll post what I do remember:
The main chara..."
I know which book this is!! Lynn Kurland wrote it....
From This Moment On
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81...
Jane Eyre shouldn't be on the list. In the book its acknowledged that she is as plain as he is ugly.
How in the world did Twilight get on there?!?!?!?!? I am furious! *seethe*
Cordelia wrote: "How in the world did Twilight get on there?!?!?!?!? I am furious! *seethe*"Yeah! DELETE it !!!
丹娜 wrote: "Cordelia wrote: "How in the world did Twilight get on there?!?!?!?!? I am furious! *seethe*"Yeah! DELETE it !!!"
agree delete!!!
丹娜 wrote: "Cordelia wrote: "How in the world did Twilight get on there?!?!?!?!? I am furious! *seethe*"Yeah! DELETE it !!!"
I think they got it from the idea that Edward's constantly seeing Bella as lunch.
Though, Twilight's a cheap rip off of Pride and Prejudice rather than Beauty and the Beast, so I really have to wonder why it's so high up on this list.
Twilight should NOT be on this list! It is NOT a beauty and the beast theme...and it freaking insults me to my very core that it is on here...seriously, I want to track down the people that put that stupid freaking book on EVERY DAMN LIST >_<
Skyla, I definitely agree! A few of these are retellings of East of the Sun, West of the Moon. That is my favorite fairy tale :)
ChloeLee, how about Till We Have Faces? It is C.S. Lewis' retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche.And did you include the original Cupid and Psyche story? It's not really a separate item as such, but it's part of The Golden Ass by Apuleius.
OOKAY.Okay.
What is Hush, hush doing here?
Who explains it to me?
I love the Vampire Academy series but... Vampire Academy is not Beauty and the Beast in anyway
Roshio wrote: "Jane Eyre shouldn't be on the list. In the book its acknowledged that she is as plain as he is ugly."Completely disagree. As the book is set in reality, and Rochester himself is not very beastly, Jane is not hideous, either. She is a talented artist and intelligent, and that is what makes her beautiful, just as Rochester's dark life is what makes him a beast. Jane Eyre belongs on this list.
I just added "The Land of the Beautiful Dead" by R. Lee Smith, author of "The Last Hour of Gann". I'm having a hard time deciding which one I liked better, because I've found that the best stories are the ones I never want to end; and both have left me in tears when the last chapter ends and I know that the story is over!Plus how the hell does she get me to fall in love with lizard men and lich kings!!?? I haven't read any of her other books yet. I might need an emotional break before starting another (I needed one after reading LHG). Plus I'm not sure if I'm ready to get all emotionally involved with any more weird monster characters again... just yet. I'm pretty sure someone said that the aliens in Cottonwood look like cockroaches! I'll hold of on that one for a bit! Still got the lich king romance all up in my head...
Does anyone know a book like these where the roles are reversed? The beastly woman and the beautiful man? I always see the same tropes, something new would be refreshing
Sarah wrote: "Does anyone know a book like these where the roles are reversed? The beastly woman and the beautiful man? I always see the same tropes, something new would be refreshing"This fits: Lord of the Abyss
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
See also:- Cinderella Retellings
- Sleeping Beauty Retellings
- Rapunzel Retellings
- Snow White Retellings
- Little Red Riding Hood Retellings
Elizabeth wrote: "Roshio wrote: "Jane Eyre shouldn't be on the list. In the book its acknowledged that she is as plain as he is ugly."Completely disagree. As the book is set in reality, and Rochester himself is no..."
Absolutely! Jane is one of those rare characters who carry such an amount of inner-beauty. And as for her appearence, Robin McKinley 's Honour (Beauty) also posseses inner beauty than just pretty looks.
Beauty lies in one's personality.
I voted for Jane Eyre.
In this light, Wuthering Heights is a weak choice. Catherine Earnshaw is not a "beauty".
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow shouldn't be on here either. It's a retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon.
Juliet wrote: "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow shouldn't be on here either. It's a retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon."The same is true of East by Edith Pattou.
Juliet wrote: "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow shouldn't be on here either. It's a retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon."Thank you! Yeah they're right though. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow is a retelling of East of the Sun and West of the Moon which is a Norwegian fairy tale, not widely know, but one of my all time favorites.
Hush, Hush and Wuthering Heightsdon't belong on this list. Or Obsidian. I guess I'll point out the obvious, but just because they have a enemy-to-lover type romance doesn't make them Beauty & the Beast retellings.
Roshio wrote: "Jane Eyre shouldn't be on the list. In the book its acknowledged that she is as plain as he is ugly."I agree! What a ridiculous idea.
Beauty and the Beast gets boring very quick.
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