4.5 Stars! 
 Well, I just loved this. Entreat Me is a really fun and mature Beauty & the Beast retelling. 
 The protagonist, Louvaen, has instantly become one of my favorite fantasy heroines. At first all you really see of her is how over-protective she is with her sister and I was on the fence. But as her other qualities came out she became the highlight of the book. She's funny, confident, and full of sass. She frequently is all three of those things at once (like that time she threatened to make a necklace of someone's teeth). Occasionally she would not listen to someone more knowledgeable when she should have, which can be a pet peeve of mine. But it only happened once in a big way. She is also loyal and tenderhearted. I ended up loving her to death. 
 Just earlier this week I posed a question on twitter asking for fantasy heroines that are 30+. I had come to notice that even in adult fantasy the protagonists are usually very young. In YA they are 16/ 17 but most of the time in adult they are 22/23. I'm sorry that is not enough of a difference. Then I started to get really annoyed about ageism in publishing not being talked about like it is in film. Many people said they picture the person they are reading about as being their own age, but I want to call some bullshit on that because honest on-the-page representation MATTERS. 
 Grrrrr ....anyhow the point of this rant is that here is a real adult character! I don't know how old Louvaen is, it never seems to say. She is probably in her late twenties vs. thirties. But she is a widow with plenty of life experience, not some angsty girl coming-of-age. *sigh of relief* I picked this up at a time when I really needed it. 
 Ballard (the beast of this story) is ... a really good guy. I didn't really blame his previous wife for hating him and neither did he. But there was also nothing malicious about him past or present. I loved that he is shown having such devotion to a son that is biologically not his and that he was fine with that. His son Gavin: also a great guy. No angsty assholes here using their pain to be jerks to everyone around them. And these two really could if they wanted to. But they don't. So refreshing! 
 The curse-breaking in this was interesting as it had several components that all had to happen, making it something that came apart piecemeal and kept me on edge wondering how it would all eventually come out right. 
 If you are looking for a well done fantasy romance with great characters and a surprisingly hot main couple I highly recommend this one.