Bryony and Roses

Name: Bryony and Roses
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: T. Kingfisher
ISBN: 9781494586607

Author: T. Kingfisher

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/13/2015

Categories: Fiction, Fairy Tales & Legends

Synopsis

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city.

But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.

About T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher is the pen name of Ursula Vernon, the award-winning author of Castle Hangnail, Dragonbreath, and Nurk, among other books. She has been nominated for the Eisner and has garnered Hugo, Sequoyah, Nebula, and Ursa Major awards. She lives in North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on August 13, 2021

fulfilling my 2021 goal to read one book each month by an author i love that i haven’t gotten around to reading yet this beauty and the beast retelling is the very antidote i needed to erase the last B&B adaptation i read from my brain: For the Wolf, in which an incurious would-be heroine meanders th......more

Goodreads review by Anne on August 15, 2023

Oh, I just loved this one - other than this one horrible thing at the end. Bryony and Beast were both hilarious. Really just one of the cleverest, funniest, most entertaining fairytale retellings I've ever read. The very last little bit at the end kept it from being a 5 star book, but the other 99% wa......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on January 18, 2018

3.5 stars for this Beauty and the Beast retelling. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: Seventeen year old Bryony and her sisters, Holly and Iris (I’m sensing a horticultural theme here) were the daughters of a wealthy merchant who lost his fortune through risky investments three years earlier.......more

Goodreads review by Althea on March 26, 2016

I 'discovered' T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon through 'The Seventh Bride,' ([URL not allowed]) and became immediately enamored. If you liked 'The Seventh Bride' you will also love this one - it's very much in keeping with it, as far as tone and themes. This one is a retelling......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 26, 2025

Kingfishers took the classic "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale, which remains one of my favourite stories of all time and created one of the funniest, charming and more engaging retellings I read. I loved both main characters and how nicely they complemented each other. We see a love story developing......more