“One of the delightful things I found in this book is just how well McKinley kept things maddeningly familiar-but then skillfully avoided the well-worn plot paths to forge new ground. “A beautiful retelling of Beauty and the Beast…The language is compelling.” – “Readers will be enchanted, in the best sense of the word.” – Booklist
Born in Warren, Ohio, she was raised all over the world, including in California, New York, Japan, and Maine, due to the fact that her father served in the US Navy. “McKinley is at home in a world where magic is mainstay, and, with her passion for roses, she’s grafted a fully dimensional espalier that is tangled, thorny web of love, loyalty, and storytelling sorcery.” – School Library Journal Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley, popularly known as Robin McKinley, is an American award-winning author of young adult fantasy and childrens books. “Every sentence and every occurrence seems infused by magic.”- Fantasy & Science Fiction “This luxuriant retelling of the story of the Beauty and the Beast…is full of asides and surprises, and is suffused with obsession for the rose and thorn as flora, metaphor, and symbol…The story is full of silvery images.” – Kirkus Reviews “ heady mix of fairy tale, magic, and romance…dazzling…has the power to exhilarate.” –P ublishers Weekly
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