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A beautiful crafted debut! Cruel Beauty is a mesmerizing fairytale fantasy rich in Greek Mythology, enchanting romance, danger, and heartbreaking betrayal. I couldn't get enough of this book.

Cruel Beauty is a spellbinding story that had me rooting on the story's heroine, and had me falling in love with the beast she was destined to kill. Can I just say WOW, and leave my review at that? For once I am totally speechless on what else I can say. Hodge's writing is just WOW. This story is just WOW. It's nothing that I was excepting and ended up being everything I love in a book. I can honestly say, this is unlike anything I've read, and I've read a lot of books. It's both beautifully told and darkly alluring. I love it when an author can bring something completely unique to the YA world, and this book is definitely that.

This is a story that had me rooting on the main character, Nyx, from the get go and made me fall in love with the Beast (demon in this story), Ignifex, she was sent to kill. Like all well written fairytales/mythology stories, destiny has a way of interfering, and things don't go quite as planned. Nyx is AWESOME! Seriously! She has many of the same qualities I love about my other favorite heroines. She is strong willed, has nerves of steel, and is all around butt kicking girl. This girl holds her own, and yet behind all the toughness is a girl who's very much broken. Her family relationships are not only the cause of that, but are also what drive her. Not to mention it's her Father's bargain he made long ago with the Demon Lord who put her in the position she finds herself in. I loved seeing how much her character evolved over the course of the book. She was easy to emotionally connect to.

Oh Ignifex. I wish I could say he was nothing that I was excepting, but part of him was. Well, at first he was nothing I was excepting. The more I got to know him, I realized that despite him being a demon, he's also very much one of those character literary leading men who wants so bad to be one way, but they're tied to their fate and are forced to being another way. That's not to say Ignifex doesn't have his moments that melted my heart, as much as they also made me feel bad for him. The more I got to know him, the more I couldn't help myself and fall for him like Nyx does. Like Nyx, falling for Ignifex comes at a cost, and no matter what he feels for her, he's always honest about his true nature. I loved seeing how he evolved over the course of the book as well. He's a fascinating character.

I loved that fiery chemistry Ignifex and Nyx have. Both characters are definitely flawed. Like seriously messed up. Had they been written any other way I doubt I would have come to love reading about them. Hodge did amazing job with her characters. She throws in enticing twists that adds to the lore of both characters, aids in understanding some of the decisions they make.

Cruel Beauty's world building is absolutely stunning. There's no other way to describe it. It's vivid, and hauntingly beautiful. Having both the Greek Mythology and the Fairytale element, I felt, played perfectly into the world building. The castle, where the story is set, felt very much like a mysterious castle you'd except to find in any fairytale, like Beauty and the Beast. I also felt this setting resembled that of Greek Mythology, as it's set both in it's own world, and the human world. Cruel Beauty's setting is a world set within another world. There are rules that are set in this world that are very much tied to the rules of Greek Mythology. I love that twist in the story. While the characters believe in the Greek Gods, they also believe in the demons, who they believe originated from Tartarus. Like the angel/demon mythology, free will is something that is also very much apart of this story, but like all choices, either good or bad, there are consequences.

THIS BOOK is AWESOME! Rosamund Hodge has weaved together a stunning story that had me reading this book in one sitting. It's dark, enticing, and intoxicating. I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings and Greek Mythology, and I absolutely love the unique spin Hodge gave both, and the way she was able to mess both together. I never would have thought that mixing together the myth of Cupid & Psyche and Beauty and the Beast could be done, and done so flawlessly. I can not wait to read more of her books. This is a debut I highly recommend picking up.


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Cruel Beauty Rosamund Hodge Books Reviews

I came across Cruel Beauty in Goodreads.com and saw average ratings from my connections there. I read the blurb as it seemed really promising even though I'm not really into retellings (I read A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas without knowing that it was also inspired by Beauty and the Beast). So when I started reading, it wasn't really a smooth transition. I had to start over a few times as I ended up falling asleep just between the first three chapters of the book. It was a bit slow for me because of all the back stories about the kingdom's history, the town people's beliefs and stories relating to Greek mythology. It was interesting, but it was a lot of information to take right in the beginning.

At first I liked Nyx as she seemed brave and feisty, plus she reminded me of Sharzhad's character in Renee Ahdieh's book The Wrath and the Dawn because of their situation. Unfortunately, my admiration for her was short-lived. I found her character annoying because of her actions from when she first arrived in the mansion. I get how she was just so hateful because she was groomed by her Father and Aunt only for that specific situation that she was in, to be married with the evil Gentle Lord and destroy him (even if it meant putting herself in danger, so long as she frees the entire kingdom). What disappointed me also was that she started thinking that she loves Shade just after spending a night in the mansion, and on the next one she started lusting over Ignifex. I really don't see that as a development on her character, nor her relationships with the others. I wasn't able to relate to any of the characters, which was a bummer.

Putting that aside, the events inside the mansion were enough for me to keep on reading. Nyx discovering different rooms each day, the mysterious shadows lurking, Shade being very enigmatic, Ignifex showing different sides of himself. Overall, it was a good read but I think the world building and execution could've been better.
I really had a hard time deciding between a 2 or a 3 . I picked a 3 because it really is well written for the most part but it just wasn't my thing....

The book has a lot of Greek mythology in it so you read story after depressing story about gods screwing over people and people deserving it.

The romance is kind of....eh. It wasn't awful but there was just something missing . I feel like the pacing of their romance wasn't realistic and I never really got why the two main characters loved each other. She obviously was starving for love because her family life was horrible and he was a demon so...that's kind of lonely . I get why they would form an attraction but the kind of love that they would DIE for? I feel like there wasn't enough positive interactions between them to have that kind of bond.

Another thing that drove me crazy is that the house they live in has an infinite number of rooms and there is soooo much time spent on the description of the rooms. It honestly got kind of boring.

Overall it wasn't a bad book. There were some interesting aspects to it and I'll definitely remember it. It just wasn't really my thing but maybe it will be yours ?!? I won't really recommend it to family and friends but I thought it deserved more than 2 stars .
A beautiful crafted debut! Cruel Beauty is a mesmerizing fairytale fantasy rich in Greek Mythology, enchanting romance, danger, and heartbreaking betrayal. I couldn't get enough of this book.

Cruel Beauty is a spellbinding story that had me rooting on the story's heroine, and had me falling in love with the beast she was destined to kill. Can I just say WOW, and leave my review at that? For once I am totally speechless on what else I can say. Hodge's writing is just WOW. This story is just WOW. It's nothing that I was excepting and ended up being everything I love in a book. I can honestly say, this is unlike anything I've read, and I've read a lot of books. It's both beautifully told and darkly alluring. I love it when an author can bring something completely unique to the YA world, and this book is definitely that.

This is a story that had me rooting on the main character, Nyx, from the get go and made me fall in love with the Beast (demon in this story), Ignifex, she was sent to kill. Like all well written fairytales/mythology stories, destiny has a way of interfering, and things don't go quite as planned. Nyx is AWESOME! Seriously! She has many of the same qualities I love about my other favorite heroines. She is strong willed, has nerves of steel, and is all around butt kicking girl. This girl holds her own, and yet behind all the toughness is a girl who's very much broken. Her family relationships are not only the cause of that, but are also what drive her. Not to mention it's her Father's bargain he made long ago with the Demon Lord who put her in the position she finds herself in. I loved seeing how much her character evolved over the course of the book. She was easy to emotionally connect to.

Oh Ignifex. I wish I could say he was nothing that I was excepting, but part of him was. Well, at first he was nothing I was excepting. The more I got to know him, I realized that despite him being a demon, he's also very much one of those character literary leading men who wants so bad to be one way, but they're tied to their fate and are forced to being another way. That's not to say Ignifex doesn't have his moments that melted my heart, as much as they also made me feel bad for him. The more I got to know him, the more I couldn't help myself and fall for him like Nyx does. Like Nyx, falling for Ignifex comes at a cost, and no matter what he feels for her, he's always honest about his true nature. I loved seeing how he evolved over the course of the book as well. He's a fascinating character.

I loved that fiery chemistry Ignifex and Nyx have. Both characters are definitely flawed. Like seriously messed up. Had they been written any other way I doubt I would have come to love reading about them. Hodge did amazing job with her characters. She throws in enticing twists that adds to the lore of both characters, aids in understanding some of the decisions they make.

Cruel Beauty's world building is absolutely stunning. There's no other way to describe it. It's vivid, and hauntingly beautiful. Having both the Greek Mythology and the Fairytale element, I felt, played perfectly into the world building. The castle, where the story is set, felt very much like a mysterious castle you'd except to find in any fairytale, like Beauty and the Beast. I also felt this setting resembled that of Greek Mythology, as it's set both in it's own world, and the human world. Cruel Beauty's setting is a world set within another world. There are rules that are set in this world that are very much tied to the rules of Greek Mythology. I love that twist in the story. While the characters believe in the Greek Gods, they also believe in the demons, who they believe originated from Tartarus. Like the angel/demon mythology, free will is something that is also very much apart of this story, but like all choices, either good or bad, there are consequences.

THIS BOOK is AWESOME! Rosamund Hodge has weaved together a stunning story that had me reading this book in one sitting. It's dark, enticing, and intoxicating. I'm a sucker for fairytale retellings and Greek Mythology, and I absolutely love the unique spin Hodge gave both, and the way she was able to mess both together. I never would have thought that mixing together the myth of Cupid & Psyche and Beauty and the Beast could be done, and done so flawlessly. I can not wait to read more of her books. This is a debut I highly recommend picking up.