This review was originally posted on Andi's ABCs 
 I think I had one problem reading this book which made me not love it as much as I expected. That problem is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. The reason that was a problem was because I read that first and I'm insanely in love with that book because of that I kept comparing Cruel Beauty to it which I know is not fair, but I couldn't help it. Instead of getting wrapped up in the story of the Gentle Lord and Nyx I kept thinking about Maas's world as it made reading this one hard. I mean don't get me wrong they are different books, but they are based off of the same fairytale. I did like Nyx and the Gentle Lord's relationship so that made reading the book easy. And even though I figured out what was happening really really early, I enjoyed the back story too. I guess when it comes down to it, it is a "It's not you, it's me" kind of problem. But I would definitely say to try this one. And I'm looking forward to Crimson Bound too as I like how Hodge writes stories.