Beasts and Beauty, Soman Chainani
Beasts and Beauty, Soman Chainani
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Beasts and Beauty
Dangerous Tales

Author: Soman Chainani

Narrator: Polly Lee

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/21/2021

Synopsis

You think you know these stories, don’t you?You are wrong. You don’t know them at all.Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life . . . and death.A prince has a surprising awakening . . .                           A beauty fights like a beast . . .A boy refuses to become prey . . .A path to happiness is lost. . . . then found again.New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare. THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is the #1 movie now streaming on Netflix—starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many others! Perfect for Halloween readingA charming cozy seasonal pick

About Soman Chainani

Soman Chainani's six novels in the School for Good and Evil series each debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. The series has sold over 4.5 million copies, has been translated into 33 languages, and has been adapted into a film by Netflix that debuted at #1 in over 80 countries. His collection of retold fairy tales, Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales, was also an instant New York Times bestseller and is in development to be a television series from Sony 3000.Soman is a graduate of Harvard University and received his MFA in film from Columbia University. Every year, he visits schools around the world to speak to kids and share his secret: that reading is the path to a better life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tola

3.5......more

Goodreads review by Jena

Oh god. Finally, a worth while read this year. This book has a ton of fairytale retellings, and if I talk about each one and it's merits, we're going to be here forever, so I'm going to try to sum up the essence of this book instead. I've never read anything by this author before, but I did know thi......more

Goodreads review by Avani ✨

Beasts & Beauty by Soman Chainani, repsins and adds a new angle to the old stories we have all heard and grown up listening to. Stories like Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Rapunzel, Bluebeard, Sleeping Beauty, etc. The book has some amazing illustrations drawn by Julia Iredale which explains and depict......more

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