Content Warning: This book contains blood, guts, strong sexual themes, nonconsensual sex, and other atrocious acts. Reader be warned.
He was a stranger.
My first instinct was not to trust him, but then I learned... sometimes the most beautiful people have the ugliest scars.
Monsters barged in young Gabrielle’s world and caused irreparable damage. Monsters hurt her…but a beast saved her. Now hidden away in a regal mountain cabin, Gabrielle is kept for the winter by a man who wears a burlap mask to cover his face. What is underneath the mask and what is he hiding?
I came from the land of tailgate parties, promiscuity, and teenage drug addiction. ~Gabrielle
I merely existed when I found her, I lived when she let me know her, and the last phase is her abandonment –resulting in the death of a lonely beast. ~Beast
The Beast, a scarred and lonely man has only ever wanted something to love. When he found Gabrielle he decided to take a chance on hope- hope that one person in the world could see past his scars.
Well this was definitely one of those books once finished I found myself asking “da fuq did I just read?!” The book had its fair share of angst, gore, and hopeless thoughts between the two main characters. At times I found some of the passages and thought patterns very repetitive. His “boyish hair” and her “wanting to save him” and “set him free from his past” became a little much at times- I would’ve liked more action!
However, I did enjoy this author’s take on Beauty & the Beast. The Beast had a very sad and depressing backstory that was unique from anything I’ve ever read before. This one was a hard one for me to rate as I did tear up at times and found some of it profoundly sad. But, I felt one of Gabrielle’s decisions in the ending negated the whole moral and meaning of the story. I thought there could have been so much more…
A beast he is, and it shows through his feral demeanor. There is nothing ugly about this beast. He’s rough around the edges, yet so unabashedly beautiful. His honesty is art; his soul is within reach, and it sends a pang to my heart when I think of his vulnerable state.
Overall, I did enjoy the story and characters. I personally wouldn’t label this as horror more along the lines of dark romance though. I’m interested in future re-tellings by this author as well. 3.5 stars xx
*Review by R.Nicole*
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