The Forgotten Beast

The Forgotten Ones, Book 1

De: Freya Victoria

Narrado por: Freya Victoria

When Callie finds an old locked chest in her parents’ attic, her mom tells her to not worry about it. That’s a dare to find the key and find out what’s inside, right? Full of old journals, she digs into the chest’s depths and pulls one out.

But when Callie starts to dream about the world in the journal, these dreams feel far too real. The snow is cold. The run from the wolf makes her heart pound. And she can feel the pain of the ropes digging into her wrists when she is taken to the castle under the mountain.

Callie’s life was predictable. She went to college. Got a job. Dated occasionally. Suddenly she finds herself falling for two men, traveling back and forth between her world and the prison world, never knowing which world she will wake up to.

Callie gets trapped in her own world after the beast is shot. She doesn’t know how to get back to the beast. She doesn’t know if he’s okay. She’s terrified he didn’t survive. And where the hell is Mason?

When she finally wakes up again in the prison world, war is on the horizon.

Callie is captured.

She knows the fairy tale story of the men holding her captive, but why are they working together?

Will she be able to do what it takes to save not only herself, but the beast’s kingdom?

This Beauty and the Beast retelling is a slow burn romance. He falls first, and she is the chosen one. It is book one in what will be a series of interconnected fairy tale retellings.

This book includes situations with alcohol, anxiety, assault, blood, cheating, death, decapitation, depression, gore, hospitalization, hostages, kidnapping, murder, physical abuse, profanity, sexually explicit scenes, torture, violence, war

©2023 Enchantments & Fancies Publishing (P)2023 Enchantments & Fancies Publishing

Fun read

The writing and story... this isn't a genre that I have ever really given a chance. My normal reading is Sci Fi and Action, cliff hanger kind of stuff. Because of that, it took a little time to grow on me, but the author is engaging, seeming to use details from her own experiences to make the settings come to life. I enjoyed the banter between Callie and her friends on the text groups. "We ride!" Really cracked me up.

The narration. I have spent a lot of time listening to the narrator reading over my lunch breaks and for a while I found her cadence and upward lilt at the end of phrases a little odd but it has become comfortable and enjoyable. Her character voices were quite easy to follow as they were nice and consistent from one chapter to the next. I find that helpful. One point of criticism, I would love to hear the narrator develop in her male character voices. A bit of growth of range there will push this to another level.

There was a scene that he'd this middle aged Marine veteran blushing.

Leaves you craving for more!

This book was absolutely amazing! The slow burn and intense battle left me so anxious for the next book! You grow so involved with the characters!

Loved the retelling

The narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairytales and this was a fresh take that ends on a giant cliffhanger. I'm definitely going to need the next book ASAP.