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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Captivity, Imprisonment, Starvation, Classism, Injury detail, Slavery, Poisoning, Murder, Suicide
Of Beast and Beauty
by Stacey Jay
A doomed princess and a starving rebel slowly unlearn the hate they inherited, with a curse-breaking romance that feels tender because it costs them something.
goodreads 3.9/5 10,754 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length391 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Beast / monster
- Star-crossed
- Sweet / tender
- Earned hope
- Survivor
- Hurt/comfort
- Tension / anticipation
- Cathartic release
- Warrior/fighter
- Longing glances
- Book hangover
- Reluctant hero
- Class difference
- Betrayal to trust
Fantasy promise
- Ya romantasy
- Beauty and the beast
- Big city / metropolis
- Dystopian
- Monsters
- Fairytale retelling
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- Desert / frontier
- Space/sci-fi
- Prison / captivity
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Captive romance
- Post-apocalyptic
- Interspecies romance
- Survival romance
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Medium
- Romantic
- Lush
- Heavy
- Royalty
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- Blind / low vision
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Disabled MC
- Hopeful
- Emotional
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Intense
- Poetic
- Innocent / sheltered
- Melancholic
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Forbidden desire
- Sacrifice for love
- Star-crossed lovers
- Survival against impossible odds
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Book details
- Length
- 391 pages
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book