Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.
I read If The Shoe Fits late last year and it brought my heart so much joy – finding out this was going to be a series of books with different authors rewriting different fairytales made that joy tenfold. The opportunity to read this ahead of time was amazing, because Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairytales, and the modern twist talks about books and publishing? YES PLEASE! Additionally we have BIPOC characters in abundance, not just the main character or love interest or best friend, but all of them and then some! There are so many real world relatable struggles in this book that the main character Izzy overcomes, and she does it with tears, sarcasm, and grace. One of the best things about this book is you know it is based on Beauty and the Beast but it isn’t a beat for beat modernization – it is more like both stories were in the room at the same time, and I love that. It gave me the feels that Beauty and the Beast gives me without taking away from the wonderful story that this is on its own. This was a lot of fun for me to read and it brought me out of a little bit of a reading funk I was in, so thank you for that too. I can’t wait to go back and read other things Jasmine has written now!