A Curse of Hope and Shadows: Part One

A Curse of Hope and Shadows is a wonderful reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, and so much more. Macdonald once again excels at making me feel all the feels. Dimitri's loneliness and hurt just drips from the page, and I hurt for him. I wanted so badly for him to let Addie in, and waiting to see that happen was deliciously agonizing. Addie never gives up on Dimitri. She is the perfect sunshiny heroine, and she knows when to try to make him laugh, when to kick him in the pants, and when to leave him be. And the Duke?! He is an odious, horrible man who should have been the one cursed, not his son.

So now I'm left with the feeling that I need to get my hands on the rest of the story posthaste. Macdonald has again clearly demonstrated why she is the queen of fairy tale reimaginings, and I will gleefully read everything she writes.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout. All opinions here are mine, and I don't say nice things about books I don't actually like.