Además tiene magia, de una manera sutil y que al igual que la película, se entrelaza con los personajes, especialmente Bella. Y Bella siendo Bella, tiene sus ideas revolucionarias y feministas que me hicieron amarla aún más y eso sin hablar de la enorme biblioteca que tiene. This trip was to be a reprieve. Here she was anonymous, just someone going about their day. Her plain dress made her invisible. She could enjoy Paris the way she’d always imagined, before returning to her new life and hoping it fit her better after some time away from it. The sea of people crossed PontRoyal and spilled into the palace gardens on the other side with startling efficiency. Any soldiers who had followed them were stopped at the gates by red-coated Gardes suisses who turned them away brusquely. Belle slipped in past them, as much a part of the crowd as anyone else, and found herself in a place she had spent years only imagining.

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Dugdale gave away much of her sizeable inheritance to the causes in which she believed, yet O’Driscoll found her chillingly indifferent to the Irish workers left with PTSD after being caught up in the Russborough House raid. O’Driscoll writes of “the two sides of Rose, the extraordinarily generous and the disturbingly brutal”. It is that tension, and O’Driscoll’s deft presentation of the complexities of Northern Ireland in the 1970s, that gives this book its pull. The historical elements were FANTASTIC, loved the French Revolution making up the conflict of the story I received an e-ARC from Edelweiss and Disney Hyperion in exchange for an honest review. Review can also be found on *Milky Way of Books* Me sorprendió también por cómo una buena ficción histórica tomaba personajes y situaciones reales y las transformaba en algo canon dentro del libro. Tanto que me dio unas vibes enormes a Outlander por como eran manejados los hechos y la interacción con estos (sin ser narrados enteramente de manera explícita, pero sí dándolo a entender en muchas ocasiones).

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A shout echoed down the alley, scattering the children. Belle turned to see a group of soldiers armed with muskets nearly as long as they were tall. Their blue coats and red collars and cuffs with embroidered white braids marked them as Gardes françaises. This guy is a creeper, y'all, and Belle can see through him from the very beginning. She doesn't trust him as far as she can throw him. The two are at each other's throats constantly. Quedé fascinado con este libro, porque al inicio (antes de siquiera iniciarlo) creí que iba a ser muy Disney, muy blando y sin tanto contexto histórico; pero no, resultó siendo una mezcla muy buena de los personajes del clásico de la Bella y la Bestia (tomando la película como base), una Francia pre revolución, juegos de cortes, palacios y una guerra civil a punto de estallar. I liked the idea this book was trying to accomplish. A Beauty and the Beast retelling set after the classic tale with the French Revolution brewing and tensions rising to the breaking point would have been fascinating. Sadly, this book did not accomplish what it set out to do. Belle, the main character, was flat and rather dumb. Instead of focusing on ways to actually help her struggling people (charity work, tax reforms, building projects, appeasing foreign powers, etc) she decided to host a salon and organize a library in the midst of a political crisis, because that would obviously be the best use of her time *facepalms*. She also ignored her (usually correct) instincts and trusted people blindly (which is clearly something you should do when people are actively trying to overthrow you). Thank you to Netgalley and Disney-Hyperion for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my rating**

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I loved how Rebel Rose was a continuation and not a retelling. Don’t get me wrong, I adore the retellings, but it was quite refreshing to go further in the story and explore past the “Happily Ever After.” I really enjoyed this one, guys, and feel like this is a solid start to The Queen's Council series. I love politics in stories though, so for me, it worked. I can definitely see how some people may not be as interested in those aspects however, or feel that the pace is too slow for their personal tastes. The whole book is about her not wanting to be royalty. Despite marrying Lio and living in the damn castle she refuses a title because of the responsibility and this feeling that it will cage her. Lio supports her and let's her do what she wants. That's all fine and dandy, but then Belle has the audacity to call the kingdom hers... like what??? Set in 1789, Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault is a continuation of the classic tale, Beauty and the Beast. Rebel Rose follows Belle and Lio(Beast) after their wedding. The story is tied into the French Revolution, giving it a political feel. It is a bit darker and more serious than what we are used to, and seems more of a mystery than a fairy tale. There is even a beheading involved! But don’t worry, there is not much detail about that.

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The couple have since been married, although Belle refuses to take the title of Princess of Aveyon. There was a smooth transition from the movie content to this story. Belle, Lio and some other favorites, such as Mrs. Potts, Lumiere and Cogsworth, all behaved as you would expect them too and I appreciated that consistency. In this series, each book will be written by a different author and follow the story of a different Disney Princess as they come into own.

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They will be staying with him, which is fortunate for Lio, since as a Duc, Bastien is used to navigating the ins and outs of the royal court. I wasn't sure going in what the connection of the series would be, but there were some reveals in here that provided insight into that. Let's just say, I am really looking forward to continuing. I'm not going to beat around anything here: I honestly kind of hated Rebel Rose. This is not to say it is necessarily a terrible book, though. There's actually a lot of merit to the story Theriault was trying to tell. I was eager to read and impressed with the idea of weaving the history of France into her rendition of Belle and Adam's happily ever after. Which is such a shame because this was a genuinely intriguing plot point I would have loved to explore. The crowd rippled to life around Belle, but a man next to her spat at the feet of the worker, stunning the people to silence. He looked out of place in his white wig and culottes.

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Rebel Rose portrays Belle as uncertain and not sure of herself. She refuses to take the title as Princess of Aveyon, and when Lio is crowned King, she once again refuses a title. Belle does this because she does not think she can provide assurance to her kingdom. And while yes, this does make her seem far different from the headstrong girl we know from the Disney movie, I feel there is a fine line between her seeming self-pity and not wanting to disappoint her kingdom. She still voices her opinions to the King’s Council, but learns that without a title, they pay her no respect. I believe she was scared she could not be the Queen that Aveyon needed, although we all know the truth that she would make a great Queen! Not so very long ago, Belle dreamed of leaving her provincial home for a life of adventure. Now she finds herself living in a lush palace, torn between her past as a commoner and her future as royalty. While Belle grapples with her newfound position, there are those who would do anything to keep her from power. The garden was a throng of people.Groups large and small clustered around tables, shouting over one another to have their voices heard. To her left stood a man on a makeshift pulpit, surrounded by a host of eager listeners. He wore the short-skirted coat and long pantalon of a working man, but he commanded the attention of the hundreds of people gathered around him like someone with authority. Perhaps he was a bourgeois,she thought, one of the wealthier members of the Third Estate. Belle fought her way to the front of the crowd and strained to hear what the man was saying.

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I recommend walking this earth burdened by the notion that most anyone can surprise you. It will make your life easier." She is the single handed most annoying character in the book. I also rewatched the Disney movies to see if she was like this and guess what...NO. She is headstrong sure, she does things how she wants but she is still kind and thinks about others i.e. her father, the beast, and the people in the castle (Lumiere, Cogsworth, etc). I have such a love-HATE relationship with this book, but let me make it clear that I do not claim this version of Belle whatsoever! Let me preface this review by saying I am an adult Disney nerd, so I may have been a little too invested in this book. Belle is also my favorite Disney princess so I am was extremely hopeful and excited, because this isn't just one of the million retellings out in the wild, it's a what happens next with Disney's stamp of approval since they helped publish this. So my feelings of excitement I feel are more than justified. Lio is out of his element, having been under the curse, and thus separated from the rest of society for just over a decade.Brief obligatory section on Lio because his sections in this book were also brief. Belle had more chemistry with literally every other character in this book and I hated him. It was bold for so-called rabble-rousers,she thought. But Bastien had already told them that the Third Estate had transformed into something new: the National Assembly. And King Louis had thus far been unable to quash them. ToBelle, that sounded like power. Dugdale concluded that Northern Ireland was a colony and went to Belfast. She invented new types of guns for the IRA and used a helicopter to bomb a Royal Ulster Constabulary station. After attempting to rob her family’s home in England, she told her father: “I love you, Daddy, and if there were any danger threatening you, I would stand between you and that danger. But I hate everything you stand for.” He replied: “It is completely illogical to brand a whole class of people as being either honourable or dishonourable.” Their relationship is one of the surprisingly moving parts of O’Driscoll’s book. The first book, Rebel Rose, will follow Belle as she faces growing class tensions in Revolutionary France. From debut author Emma Theriault, Rebel Rose not only puts Belle in the midst of the French Revolution, but also touches on magic and the clash she feels as a commoner in this new role. Basically, it sounds like someone looked at my adolescent Disney dreams, gently took my hand, and said “I’m listening.”