Beauty and the Beast themed books:

  • Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher
  • Beauty by Robin by McKinley
  • Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
  • The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
  • Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Smith
  • Winter Song by S. Jae-Jones
  • Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
  • Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  • Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith
  • A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  • Radiance by Grace Draven
  • The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle

Science Fiction setting:

  • Beauty (part of the short story collection Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) by Tanith Lee
  • Breath of Life by Christine Pope

Books I haven’t read yet but which sound interesting:

  • Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey
  • Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
  • Masque by W.R. Gingell
  • Eye of the Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy
  • Beauty by Susan Wilson
  • Entreat Me by Grace Draven

artofelaineho:

In Death, Life

“I have one final question,” he said. “How did you create these in the fields?”

The figure placed a bowl on the floor between them, and her bones creaked as she leaned in to look. A cluster of black rosebuds sprouted from bloodied ash.

“I’m sorry if I did something I wasn’t meant to do,” Eris said. “I wasn’t thinking.”

“You’ve seen this land,” he said. “It’s made of sand and ash. Nothing grows here. I’ve tried for… for a very long time, to cultivate life back. The panther was one such success, but you’ve taken it from me.”

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