Life had always been good to me, and I made sure to keep it that way.
My mom had given me the only tool I’d need to succeed—manipulation. Add to that
the fact I was beautiful, confident, and rich, and I was on my way to having it
all.
My name is Annabelle, and I was the stereotypical head cheerleader,
dating the star quarterback. The school was mine, and I couldn’t wait to be
crowned prom queen.
One night, my world changed forever. All I believed my future would
hold was ripped from my grasp in a ball of flames. I lost my identity, my
boyfriend, and my friends. Suddenly, I was the monster nobody wanted around.
A scarf hid my true identity, and I was left staring at the beast in
the mirror. My appearance now matched the ugliness I once had inside, but I’d
do everything I could to prove I still had some beauty buried deep within.
Sometimes, you have to lose who you are to become who you were meant to
be.
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Review
Review
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In this new spin on the classic Beauty and the Beast, Edward teaches an important lesson on beauty, on surviving tragedy and on life.
Beast, the story of Annabelle and Tyler, starts off with a very flawed, very superficial Annabelle. In the beginning I did NOT like Annabelle at all. She was spoiled and she was bitchy. Annabelle seems like a girl who cannot be saved or redeemed at all.
And yet...
When it was all stripped away and she was laid bare, I started to love her character. By the end of the book I was rooting for her and her to overcome her tragic circumstances. I loved Annabelle and the transformation from who she was to who she became, redeemed her and made her a character to fall in love with.
Tyler was also a very amazing, lovable character. Selfless, caring and the perfect hero, he treated Annabelle as if she was absolutely beautiful - and in his eyes she was.
Such a beautiful story, Edward's writing is full of emotion and definitely moved me!!
Author Bio
Lisa Edward
is the author of the Songbird trilogy, the novels Ripped and Broken, the
novella Duty of Care and a contributor to the collation of short stories in
Hook & Ladder 69, and Bleed Blue 69.While Lisa has called Melbourne Australia home for her entire life, she has lived and worked in England, and travelled through most parts of Europe and the United States. She loves nothing more than spending time with her beautiful daughter, or curling up into the early hours of the morning with a great novel.
By day, Lisa works in the analytical IT field, so relishes the opportunity to foster her creative side through writing. Her deep appreciation for literature was nurtured from a young age, being taught to respect books and get lost in their stories. She enjoys reading honest and realistic novels that are relatable, thought provoking, and leave a lasting impression. She can't write without music playing, using the emotions from different songs to invoke those of her characters. Lisa takes inspiration from her own life experiences, the people around her and those she has met in her travels.
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