Review #25 - Hunted by Meagan Spooner

Details:

Title: Hunted

Author: Meagan Spooner

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN 13: 978-0062422286

Synopsis:

Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones—and in her blood. After all, her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering its secrets. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters out of their comfortable home among the aristocracy and back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. The Beast.

Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange creature back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of magical creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin, or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?

Review:

I really enjoyed this book. It was an interesting read and I very much enjoyed a new and different take on the Beauty and the Beast story. It read very much like a fairytale and the little bits from the Beast's point of view gave it added depth. I loved the main character Yeva (Beauty) and how she was an strong woman who was capable of hunting and looking out for herself. I also enjoyed how she found her deeper inner strength through the book. Overall I loved the book and it kept me engaged throughout.

I gave this book 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.