Sunday, January 23, 2022

"Beauty and the Vampire, Book 1 (A Paranormal Retelling of Beauty and the Beast)" by Demelza Brown, Em Brown

Kindle Vella cover for "Beauty and the Vampire, Book 1 (A Paranormal Retelling of Beauty and the Beast)" by Demelza Brown, Em Brown

Current Tags

vampire romance, dark romance, fairy tale, historical romance, adult paranormal romance, bwwm interracial romance

Categories

Romance / Paranormal

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Author's Description

This vampire is worse than a beast... Daliyah, an oppressed indentured servant, yearns only for her freedom. When she finds herself trapped at Castle Blackbourne, it's not just her freedom that's in peril. If she succumbs to Lord Blackbourne's thirst for blood and flesh, her body will be his to ravage and her life his to drain. If you like your fairy tales dark and steamy, enter the darkness of Beauty and the Vampire today.

Why I Chose it

I know, I know, this is at least the third retelling of Beauty and the Beast I've featured, and each time I've sworn I don't like fairy tale retellings.

But hear me out — the characters introduced in the first episode here are so well drawn, who cares if it's a retelling? By the end of the first episode, I care about what happens to the main character. Other characters have made bad choices, but I understand why they did and I even sort of agree with those choices, even while I hate the character (as I'm meant to).

I guess what I'm saying is that the writing on this one is excellent and you should give it a try.

[22 episodes, 22 in the last 30 days.]

Who Might Like This

If a retelling of Beauty & the Beast with vampires and themes of class and race sounds like a great mix (and it should!), check this one out!

Unrelated Griping

What I've learned from the "Humor" category on Vella is a whole lot of people think they're funnier than they are. So... kind of like life.

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