* I received this as an ARC from NetGalley* 
 This book actually ended up surprising me. The beginning sucked me right in and really connected me to the characters. Alainn was so normal and easy to relate to, and especially because her family was completely the opposite. It was easy to feel her frustration with them because they really were difficult characters. 
 Once the story moved past the beginning, it began to be a play-by-play of Beauty and the Beast, which almost lost me a bit, but then the crazy AI/robot stuff started getting really intriguing and brought me right back into the story. I wish that the story would have varied a little more from the original at times (especially in that first half), because there were a lot of interesting twists and variations later on and in the very beginning, but overall the variations weren't stellar enough to merit a 5 star rating. 
 There are some sex scenes in the story, and they are not the greatest sex scenes ever. In fact, they felt a little contrived and boring and I don't think they really added anything to the feel of the story. However, they weren't bad enough to really take away from it either. 
 My only big critique would have to be about the ending. It was just too long of an ending. It felt as though the author wanted to really wrap everything up and let everyone know what was in the future for the characters, but I think it could've been wrapped up more quickly. Even just cutting a few pages of length from the ending would have really made it end on a high note rather then giving the reader so much time to come back down to earth. 
 I would definitely recommend this story to anyone who enjoyed the Lunar Chronicles series, or who enjoys fairy tale retellings.