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fantasy, beauty and the beast, sci-fi fantasy, fairy tale retelling, speculative fiction, steampunk, adventure
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Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Author's Description
A bookish strongwoman longs for freedom. A beast searches for a cure. Together, they'll break man-made curses. After her own father sells her to the unscrupulous Ringmaster, Belle thinks she'll spend the rest of her days performing cheap stunts while the Nuzaran masses gawk at her ether-poisoned body. A chance encounter with a beast by her solitary campfire changes everything. Can they find liberation or will the past consume them both?
Why I Chose it
I usually shy away from fairy tale retellings because... there are more stories to tell and sometimes it just feels like we're recycling the same things. But this story uses the names from the original and flips the characters around. Belle was born near the ether mines, which warped her body. She's a prisoner in a traveling circus when she unwittingly traps the beast. The setting gives this a freshness that I haven't seen in most retellings.
[15 episodes so far, with 4 updates in the last 30 days.]
Who Might Like This
A "Beauty and the Beast" retelling in a steampunk world -- what's not to love?
Unrelated Griping
Honestly, no griping today because I had this one already picked out. I needed a day off from searching through random stories after my encounter with all the 300-year age gap vampire erotica yesterday.
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