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Title: Roses in Amber
Subtitle: A Beauty and the Beast Story
Author: C.E. Murphy
Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-23-18
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
There is a story of a beast, and a merchant's daughter, and a curse that must be broken.
This is not - quite - that story.
Amber Gryce believes in magic the way anyone does: as a thing of the past, marked now only by the long reign of an ancient queen sworn to live until her stolen son is returned to her. Such stories are romantic but distant for Amber, surrounded by family and wealth.
But like magic, wealth can disappear. Left destitute, Amber's family retreats to a forest holding far from their city home, where Amber's love of roses leads her into the heart of enchantment, and draws her into a retelling of the tale as old as time....
Members Reviews:
Simply superb
A much darker retelling of Beauty and the Beast, transformed by the fact that the Beast is enchanted not because of his own lack of kindness, but as a pawn in a battle between good and evil. Amber is a delightful heroine, the protagonist in her own enchantment and salvation. The conclusion is both startling and yet somehow most appropriate. After all, no one can be enchanted without repercussions.
Entertaining
The beginning was excellent. Half familiar half completely unexpected. I felt like the author and I were sharing a secret for most of the book. The middle got bogged down. Slow and too familiar. The ending... rocked. Loved the ending. I wish there had been an epilogue. 1 more chapter or scene with everyone together.
A good way to be late for work.
I enjoy the retelling of fairy tales, this retelling of Beauty and the Beast is absolutely spectacular. The weaving together of various types of Tales,. the fairy queen and her lover vs. the lover and the fairy queen and what happens when Mortals are involved. Ended up being late for work because I read too much of this
Great take on an old story
Awesome take on the beauty and the beast story. No surprise that this author has strong female characters. The characters are well developed, the story resolves well, and I'd love to follow the characters further!
A lovely retelling of Beauty and the Beast
I love fairy tale retellings, and this is, in my book, a particularly enjoyable one. Amber (the "Beauty" of the story...assuming that you ignore the fact that the only one named Beauty here is their horse!) has so much more agency than in the original story. She makes decisions and faces the consequences of her own actions; she's not nobly taking the place of her father. The Beast, too, was not cursed because he was a horrible person who needed to learn to be better. Instead, he's merely a pawn caught in a power struggle between two powerful magical individuals. And, oh, the twists surrounding how he got caught up in the enchantment and who did it to him! That might be my favorite part of the story: how Murphy carefully links the overarching story to more intimate aspects of Amber's family life. Very much recommended.
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Title: Roses in Amber
Subtitle: A Beauty and the Beast Story
Author: C.E. Murphy
Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-23-18
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
There is a story of a beast, and a merchant's daughter, and a curse that must be broken.
This is not - quite - that story.
Amber Gryce believes in magic the way anyone does: as a thing of the past, marked now only by the long reign of an ancient queen sworn to live until her stolen son is returned to her. Such stories are romantic but distant for Amber, surrounded by family and wealth.
But like magic, wealth can disappear. Left destitute, Amber's family retreats to a forest holding far from their city home, where Amber's love of roses leads her into the heart of enchantment, and draws her into a retelling of the tale as old as time....
Members Reviews:
Simply superb
A much darker retelling of Beauty and the Beast, transformed by the fact that the Beast is enchanted not because of his own lack of kindness, but as a pawn in a battle between good and evil. Amber is a delightful heroine, the protagonist in her own enchantment and salvation. The conclusion is both startling and yet somehow most appropriate. After all, no one can be enchanted without repercussions.
Entertaining
The beginning was excellent. Half familiar half completely unexpected. I felt like the author and I were sharing a secret for most of the book. The middle got bogged down. Slow and too familiar. The ending... rocked. Loved the ending. I wish there had been an epilogue. 1 more chapter or scene with everyone together.
A good way to be late for work.
I enjoy the retelling of fairy tales, this retelling of Beauty and the Beast is absolutely spectacular. The weaving together of various types of Tales,. the fairy queen and her lover vs. the lover and the fairy queen and what happens when Mortals are involved. Ended up being late for work because I read too much of this
Great take on an old story
Awesome take on the beauty and the beast story. No surprise that this author has strong female characters. The characters are well developed, the story resolves well, and I'd love to follow the characters further!
A lovely retelling of Beauty and the Beast
I love fairy tale retellings, and this is, in my book, a particularly enjoyable one. Amber (the "Beauty" of the story...assuming that you ignore the fact that the only one named Beauty here is their horse!) has so much more agency than in the original story. She makes decisions and faces the consequences of her own actions; she's not nobly taking the place of her father. The Beast, too, was not cursed because he was a horrible person who needed to learn to be better. Instead, he's merely a pawn caught in a power struggle between two powerful magical individuals. And, oh, the twists surrounding how he got caught up in the enchantment and who did it to him! That might be my favorite part of the story: how Murphy carefully links the overarching story to more intimate aspects of Amber's family life. Very much recommended.