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 Beauty and the Beast has always been one of my favorite stories, so I had some high hopes for this book. I really enjoyed this. I wasn't too sure about it around the middle section of it, but I really loved the ending. I was so interested in both Shade and Ignefex, that when I found out they were both halves of the same person it made me really happy, and also made a lot of sense. It also helped me get over the insta-love thing that seemed to be happening between Nyx and Ignefex, because she also had that connection with Shade from the very beginning. The end of this book is what really redeemed the whole thing for me. I'm looking forward to reading more from Rosamund Hodge.