Written by Leofe Shallcross, this is Beauty and the Beast from the Beast's perspective.
Starting from the dark place the Beast fell to after the curse began, we follow him as he learns to be a man again and falls in love with Belle. What was most enjoyable about this novel is that Shallcross didn't make Beast out to be a monster. Belle isn't the most interesting, but she is a good support character.
I honestly found the stories of her sisters more interesting. The writting was decent, but worked very hard to put the reader in a state of understanding what the time period was and on occasion made understanding what was going on a bit difficult.
Overall, a good retelling and an excellent novel unto itself.
