Beast
Donna Jo Napoli
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0689870051
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Language: English
Publish: 1088665200000
Beauty and The BeastFairy Tale RetellingsFairy TalesFantasyFictionHistorical FictionRetellingsRomanceTeenYoung Adult
Meet the Beast– before there was Beauty Orasmyn is the prince of Persia and heir to the throne. His religion fills his heart and his mind, and he strives for the knowledge and leadership his father demonstrates. But on the day of the Feast of Sacrifices, Orasmyn makes a foolish choice that results in a fairy’s wretched punishment: He is turned into a beast, a curse to be undone only by the love of a woman. Thus begins Orasmyn’s journey through the exotic Middle East and sensuous France as he struggles to learn the way of the beast, while also preserving the mind of the man. This is the story of his search, not only for a woman courageous enough to love him, but also for his own redemption.