This week features the most awkward intro we've ever recorded (sorry in advance), and Jordan's frustration with Curses by Lish McBridge. Well written, interesting secondary characters, all wrapped up in a reverse Beauty in the Beast retelling: what's not to love? Well, for Jordan, a plot mechanism that lets the love interest see the heroine with the cursed lifted for a few hours (Gasp! She's actually beautiful? Now I can for sure love her!)

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43207851

If you're looking for something similar but with Jordan's stamp of approval, try:

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51265989

Beauty by Robin McKinley

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41424.Beauty

Two Monarchies Sequence by W.R. Gingell

https://www.goodreads.com/series/176076-two-monarchies-sequence