Roses in Amber: A Beauty and the Beast story
by
C.E. Murphy
174 pages
Published
February 6th 2017
by Miz Kit Productions
ASIN: B01MZIH3YP
Edition Language: English
BLURB: There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken. This is not—quite—that story.
Amber Gryce believes in magic the way anyone does: as a thing of the past, marked now only by the long reign of an ancient queen sworn to live until her stolen son is returned to her. Such stories are romantic but distant for Amber, surrounded by family and wealth.
But like magic, wealth can disappear. Left destitute, Amber’s family retreats to a forest holding far from their city home, where Amber’s love of roses leads her into the heart of enchantment, and draws her into a retelling of the tale as old as time….
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Borrowed from the original Villeneuve's fairytale (not Disney-like). Expect twisted and a few surprises. And some ironic humor added.
The Beast raised a paw. "Amber, there is very little I can tell you about… anything. I can tell you that I'm caught in a war between two very powerful and very angry people, and that I can do nothing directly to challenge my fate."
-A practical heroine
-Powerful females
-Lesbian couples (or Bi)
-Fairies ala B.Froud.
-Good sisters
-A black warrior queen
"What was that," I finally whispered, and felt his massive head shake above mine.
"Dancing," he said. "Dancing is rarely safe in faery tales. Are you all right?"
"No." I shook my head, fingers coiled in the heavy mane that fell down his chest. "No. That was…was it trying to kill me, Beast?"
It seems that trying to fix you into a place provoked all kind of troubles...
About the end /SPOILER--->considering
the fairy background, I don't feel shocking the er mixed couple, but
instead remind me of another fantasy modern couple: Nell Ingram and
Ockam ;D<---SPOILER/
Voy a usar este libro para el Reto Posugar 2019: #31- Retelling de un clásico.
La version original de "La Bella y la Bestia" de Madame de Villeneuve es dificil de encontrar, la mejor conocida es la version de Disney. En el original frances de 1740s, Bella tiene muchas hermanas y hermanos, son una docena. Y ella es bastante consentida, es la hija de un rico comerciante con sirvientes y nunca les ha faltado nada en la vida hasta que ocurre un incendio y tienen mala suerte con los barcos. Y hay una continuacion despues del desencantamiento que es bastante largo en una onda muy Shakespeariana que quien este al tanto va a saber de que hablo. (Imaginen como terminan las pastorales de Shakespeare). Hay intervencion de muchos hados y hadas , cambiaformas y reyes y reinas ;) Es un libro largo.
En Amber de C.E. Murphy usa mucho de los elementos de las hadas su forma más real como seres cambiantes y terribles, caprichosos y vengativos. Y no-humanos. Además le pone un elemento adicional a toda la sexualidad (que ojo que en el original el Principe es criado por un hada quien termina maldiciendolo; y que Bestia le pregunta a Bella no si quiere 'casarse con él', sino si quiere "dormir" con él... yep) y hay otras parejas lesbicas y yo diria que mucho pansexualismo incluido.
Además de esas sorpresitas
"Pearl," I protested, only half seriously, "if every woman rejected by a lover became a witch, there would be only witches in the world."
.otra:
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(jaja)"You go," Father finally said. "I'll…bring Beauty to the stables."
"You want me to go into an enchanted castle alone?"
"Ah," Father said. "Well. When you put it that way—"
Recomendada.
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