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Beau And The Beast (2012)

by Rick R. Reed(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Amber Quill Press

review 1: "Pure unadulterated fantasy--the sweetest of love stories not weighed down by angst but handled with the lightest of touch by a master storyteller, author Rick R. Reed." This is how the blurb for what Beau and the Beast should read--most assuredly.Tucked away outside the city, Jeanne-Marie lives deliberately cut off form the rest of society. On a supply run, he hears and then sees Beau being attacked at the mouth of an alleyway right off a busy street and goes to his rescue. Bringing him home to recuperate, the two men find themselves drawn to each other--but Jeanne-Marie hides a terrible secret and Beau's very presence threatens to unmask it as every day passes.The story is a classic. The beast rescues Beau from the harsh and brutal hands of robbing bigots intent on m... moreaiming, if not killing the fledgling homeless street artist. But in this tender and compelling retelling of the classic, the beast turns out to be a victim of violent bigotry himself who was left and, subsequently, abandoned by the man he thought he knew and loved.Mr. Reed deviates from his normal fare to give us a fairtytale that exists simply to delight us. No big rambling plot here, just enough angst and tension to compel us to read further, and the truest of loves--that which says I will look beneath the surface to see the real you inside and that is what I will choose to love.Truly, I just sighed with delighted happiness as I read. I happen to believe that we all need a sweet ending at times--an uncomplicated love story--a meeting of souls if you will and Beau and the Beast delivers it all with a well written tale of love and compassion.
review 2: 2.5 stars Beauregard met Jeanne-Marie in Rick R. Reed's adaptation of Beauty and The Beast.Jeanne-Marie found Beau under vicious attack, unconscious, bruised and bloodied; took him home and nursed him back to health. He hid his face behind a fox mask to keep Beau from seeing his badly burned face. Still, their souls called to each other, thus the HFN ending.Although I like the story enough, I don't really feel the emotions and connections between our heroes. This could be due to the short pages. *shrug*I wish it were longer and tell more of each characters' backgrounds. less

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