Título original: HuntedAutora: Meagan Spooner
Editorial: La Galera
Número de páginas: 400
Bella conoce el bosque de la Bestia como nadie. A pesar de haberse criado lejos de la cabaña de su padre, con la élite aristocrática de la ciudad, Bella sabe que el bosque guarda muchos secretos, y que su padre es el único que ha estado cerca de descubrirlos. Así que cuando este pierde su fortuna, y Bella y sus hermanas se mudan a las afueras del pueblo, ella se alegra. Allí no tiene la presión de quedar bien con los nobles, ni de casarse con un hombre rico. Sin embargo, cuando su padre desaparece en el bosque, Bella toma la determinación de encontrar a la criatura con la que él estaba obsesionado y se adentra en el territorio de la Bestia: un valle maldito, un castillo en ruinas y un mundo de criaturas que solo perviven en los cuentos de hadas. Un universo que le puede traer tanto la ruina como la salvación. ¿Quién sobrevivirá: la Bella o la Bestia?
Opinión:
Hoy os traigo otro retelling de uno de los cuentos de disney más populares, La Bella y la Bestia. Si os soy sincera, escogí el libro por su preciosa portada y cuando vi que en este caso era una Bella de armas tomar, no me pude resistir.
En este caso, Bella (aunque su nombre real es Yeva) prefiere salir con su padre de caza a quedarse con sus hermanas o las otras damas, no le van esa clase de convencialismos. Este hecho me recordó a Feyre de Una corte de rosas y espinas, y no pude evitar sonreir. La determinación de Bella por acabar con la Bestia, el objeto de obsesión de su padre, es admirable. En cuanto a la Bestia, su lucha consigo mismo y el tormento que lo sigue son increíbles. Además, el libro está narrado en primera persona, cosa que hace que sus capítulos, en mi opinión, sean muy originales ya que están hechos desde el mismisimo punto de vista de un animal.
En este caso, Bella (aunque su nombre real es Yeva) prefiere salir con su padre de caza a quedarse con sus hermanas o las otras damas, no le van esa clase de convencialismos. Este hecho me recordó a Feyre de Una corte de rosas y espinas, y no pude evitar sonreir. La determinación de Bella por acabar con la Bestia, el objeto de obsesión de su padre, es admirable. En cuanto a la Bestia, su lucha consigo mismo y el tormento que lo sigue son increíbles. Además, el libro está narrado en primera persona, cosa que hace que sus capítulos, en mi opinión, sean muy originales ya que están hechos desde el mismisimo punto de vista de un animal.
Si nos centramos en la historia en si, está muy bien, pero hacia el final pega un bajón. Me mantuvo enganchada durante todo el libro, pero los últimos capítulos me supieron a poco ya que parece que acabe de forma muy abrupta y queden algunas cosas a medias.
De todas formas, es un libro que recomiendo sobretodo si soys amantes de los retellings y de los personajes femeninos fuertes. Y porque la historia está muy bien narrada.
Puntuación: ★★★★☆
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Title: Hunted
Author: Meagan Spooner
Publisher: HarperTeen
Page count: 374
Opinion:
Today I bring you another retelling of one of the most popular Disney tales, Beauty and the Beast. If I'm honest, I chose the book because of its beautiful cover and when I saw that in this case it was a Beauty that you can't mess around with, I could not resist.
In this case, Beauty (although her real name is Yeva) prefers to go out hunting with her father to stay with her sisters or the other ladies, that sort of conventionality does not go with her. This fact reminded me of Feyre from A cut of thorns and roses, and I could not help but smile. Beauty's determination to end the Beast, the object of her father's obsession, is admirable. As for the Beast, his struggle with itself and the torment that follows it are incredible. In addition, the book is narrated in the first person, which makes his chapters, in my opinion, very original because they are made from the very point of view of an animal.
If we focus on the story itself, it's fine, but towards the end it hits a slump. It kept me hooked throughout the book, but i cpuldn't get enough of the last chapters since it seems to end abruptly and there are some things halfway.
Anyway, it is a book that I recommend above all if you are lovers of retellings and strong female characters. And because the story is very well told.
Rating: ★★★★☆
Puntuación: ★★★★☆
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Title: Hunted
Author: Meagan Spooner
Publisher: HarperTeen
Page count: 374
New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner spins a thoroughly thrilling Beauty and the Beast story for the modern age, expertly woven with spellbinding romance, intrigue, and suspense that readers won't soon be able to forget. 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?
Opinion:
Today I bring you another retelling of one of the most popular Disney tales, Beauty and the Beast. If I'm honest, I chose the book because of its beautiful cover and when I saw that in this case it was a Beauty that you can't mess around with, I could not resist.
In this case, Beauty (although her real name is Yeva) prefers to go out hunting with her father to stay with her sisters or the other ladies, that sort of conventionality does not go with her. This fact reminded me of Feyre from A cut of thorns and roses, and I could not help but smile. Beauty's determination to end the Beast, the object of her father's obsession, is admirable. As for the Beast, his struggle with itself and the torment that follows it are incredible. In addition, the book is narrated in the first person, which makes his chapters, in my opinion, very original because they are made from the very point of view of an animal.
If we focus on the story itself, it's fine, but towards the end it hits a slump. It kept me hooked throughout the book, but i cpuldn't get enough of the last chapters since it seems to end abruptly and there are some things halfway.
Anyway, it is a book that I recommend above all if you are lovers of retellings and strong female characters. And because the story is very well told.
Rating: ★★★★☆
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