Kliatt, September 1st, 2004
NAPOLI, Donna Jo. Beast. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 260p. c2000.0-689-87005-1. $5.99. JS
To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2000: The striking cover of this book, featuring a lion's face partially pulled away to reveal a man's face underneath, should immediately clue readers in that this is a new version of "Beauty and the Beast." Here the story is told from the point of view of the Beast, who is really a gentle young Persian prince named Orasmyn. When he makes the mistake of permitting a flawed animal to be chosen for a religious sacrifice, a wicked fairy takes her rev...
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