Withering
Rose
by Kaitlyn Davis
Book: Once Upon a Curse #2
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pub Date: May 17, 2016
Genre: Young Adult
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
**A USA Today Recommended
Series!**
What if Beauty was cursed, and the Beast was the only one who could save her? Don't miss WITHERING ROSE, a dystopian romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Beauty & The Beast.
"As the heat finally disappeared, I felt the bloom blossom in the very core of my soul, a rose just like my name--a ticking clock hidden behind a façade of beauty. From that moment on, my life would become a countdown, and all I could do was wait and watch as the petals of time slowly started to fall."
Omorose Bouchene has a secret--magic. There's only one problem. At the age of seven, an earthquake struck, catapulting her into a new world. A land made of skyscrapers and cell phones. Fast cars and fluorescent lights. A land where magic isn't supposed to exist and anyone who wields it is the enemy.
But after ten years of hiding, she's desperate to find a place where she can be free. Because all magic comes with a curse, and her curse is time--every ounce of power she uses strips days off of her life. The clock is winding down, and the only option left is to escape to the realm of the Beast. But the king of monsters isn't what he seems. And the more Omorose opens her heart, the more she comes to realize that the only person she may need to fear is herself.
What if Beauty was cursed, and the Beast was the only one who could save her? Don't miss WITHERING ROSE, a dystopian romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Beauty & The Beast.
"As the heat finally disappeared, I felt the bloom blossom in the very core of my soul, a rose just like my name--a ticking clock hidden behind a façade of beauty. From that moment on, my life would become a countdown, and all I could do was wait and watch as the petals of time slowly started to fall."
Omorose Bouchene has a secret--magic. There's only one problem. At the age of seven, an earthquake struck, catapulting her into a new world. A land made of skyscrapers and cell phones. Fast cars and fluorescent lights. A land where magic isn't supposed to exist and anyone who wields it is the enemy.
But after ten years of hiding, she's desperate to find a place where she can be free. Because all magic comes with a curse, and her curse is time--every ounce of power she uses strips days off of her life. The clock is winding down, and the only option left is to escape to the realm of the Beast. But the king of monsters isn't what he seems. And the more Omorose opens her heart, the more she comes to realize that the only person she may need to fear is herself.
My Review: I love re-tellings. I love Beauty
and the Best, however, I felt this one fell short of amazing.
Omorose is a Princess on her way to meet her
fiance. That meeting never happens when the Earth begins to shake. That's when
Omorose's fate was changed. Everything she has was taken from her. Her family
is all gone except her dad the King. But right now there is no King, Princess,
or Kingdom. It's all gone and now Omorose is cursed with magic which only
confirms her mother is gone. It also means she needs to hide and not use her
magic. For those currently around her are working to rid magic and those who
wield it. That and the fact that using magic takes life from her, Omorose needs
to fake everything and pretend to be normal.
After sometime has gone by, Omorose is done
hiding underground, pretending to be something she's not, being teased by those
around her in the underground classes. So she convinces her dad to let her go.
Let her go to the surface, even if it means running into the king of
beasts.
So Omorose runs into the King of Beasts and
ends up stuck in his home. This is where you finally get to any relations of
Beauty and the Beast. It took the halfway mark to show any relations, the
details getting to this point were okay. As the ending started to unfold, it
slowly picked up and the characters were starting to seem better, but in the
end it just fell short.
This story could have used more time of
Omorose and the Beast. Stronger details, better built characters and a faster
pace. Those few tweaks would have made the book worth the read.
My Rating:
✪✪✪
