However, the book has very little violence overall. The "Beast" character in this book is cursed to appear to the world as a monster just like the one in the fairy tale and even picks up some of the violent tendencies of his beastly outer shell once a month, similar to werewolf mythology. This book shares some common threads with Enchantment by Camille Peters, another "Beauty and the Beast" adaptation I read recently, but unlike that version, it does not overlook the main theme of seeing beyond physical appearances. I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a more recent retelling on Twitter called The Rose and the Thorn by Katherine Macdonald. The most famous novel adaptation is Beauty by Robin McKinley, but there are plenty of others that are just as good. Its gothic setting, intrigue, and romance are staples of any good princess story. "Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale that princess fans never get tired of.
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