This book was a nice quick read to end my 2022 reading goal! I’ve always been such a Disney fan, and specifically loved Beauty and the Beast growing up. Belle always was my favorite princess due to her beauty, stubbornness, curiosity, and love for books.

The Beast Within is a fantastic story that adds to the classic fairytale by layering a dark undertone to the curse placed on the Prince. We learn how vain and cruel he really was before Belle, and how it truly was a miracle that she came into his life. Otherwise who knows maybe he really would have stayed a beast.