I reviewed Beheld by Stephanie Scott at YA Books Central!
Guys, if you are a fan of retellings then you have to check this one out! It features four well-known fairy tales set in different time periods, up until modern day, and each retelling is awesome and could very much well stand on their own. And I love that these were all within Kendra’s (a witch) own story! So good, definitely recommend. Oh, and despite that it’s part of a series (book 4) in can be read as a standalone. 😉
Here’s the book’s summary:
#1 New York Times bestselling YA author Alex Flinn is back with magical twists on four fairy-tale favorites, each featuring a little help from Kendra, the witch from Beastly, as she searches through cities and centuries for her lost love.
Being a powerful witch, Kendra has survived it all. Since she first beheld James over three hundred years ago, Kendra has tangled with witch hunters and wolves, helped a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, cowered in London as German bombs fell, and lived through who knows how many shipwrecks. But her powers have limits, and immortality can be lonely. Kendra isn’t ready to stop searching for the warlock she had met centuries ago.
With the help of her magic mirror, Kendra will travel the world to reconnect with her lost love—and, of course, she can’t help but play a hand in a few more stories along the way.
Featuring retellings of favorite fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and The Ugly Duckling, Alex Flinn’s latest young adult novel, Beheld, is fresh fairy-tale fun from beginning to end.
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I will be buddy reading two amazing books this week! First, The Color Project by Sierra Abrams with my bff Becky from Book Nerd Addict AND Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo with the wonderful Danielle L. Jensen (author of Stolen Songbird!). I’m so excited about reading CK with Danielle since I have never buddy read with an author before. Eeep! ♥
And that’s it for The Week’s Entrée! What are you all reading? 🙂
Ooh, Beheld sounds great! I'm definitely going to have to check out all those retellings! And those buddy reads sound super fun, especially buddy reading with Danielle Jensen. 🙂 I hope you have an awesome time and also that you love Crooked Kingdom, because it is incredible!