![]() There is precious little of Prince Adam in this story. This is true from Belle to Adam to the supporting characters of Lumière, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Barring the fact that they share the same names, it’s near impossible to see the original characters in Theriault’s renditions. And this isn’t even relegated to the lead two, but extends out to literally everyone. In fact, Theriault does an absolutely disastrous job of bringing them to life. These are not the characters you know and love. To put it very simply, if you pick this book up because you love Beauty and the Beast, you should probably put it right back down. In that sense, I find it rather baffling that the book has received the amount of praise it has. In all honesty, though, I think she really failed in her goal. There’s a lot of merit to the story that Theriault was trying to tell by weaving in the actual history of France into her rendition of Belle and Adam’s happily ever after. I’m not going to beat around anything here: I honestly kind of hated Rebel Rose. ![]()
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