Beautiful Villain by Rebecca Kenney
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Web ID: 19876530Amazing
Great Gatsby with vampires?? Yesss please šš this was a steamy read and entertaining to read. I thought this was an incredible and interesting read! I loved this book
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Stars = Depth of story...
I am not a heavy reader like I once was, but I have read some of multi-book stuff that has massive back stories for each character. That being said this books plot line is shallow. It is literally a mash up of the "Great Gatsby" and "Twilight" with a dash of modern science for flair. The writing pattern itself wasn't awful, I could easily follow along and there were plenty of adjectives to form "mental pictures". Just not a book that rocked my to my soul. Definitely something that would make the donation pile if I was forced to think out my books.
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Vampire Party?!
3.75 āļøāļøāļøš One of Kenneyās strongest re-imaginings! With the inclusion of vampires, Kenney took this modern Gatsby retelling from average to thrilling. This book had a great balance of tension, passion, and action. I look forward to the next installment of the Gilded Monsters.
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I'm hooked and ready to dive into my next read by
When I heard fantasy re-telling of The Great Gatsby - I was immediately invested. What I didn't expect was for Rebecca's lyrical and magical prose; writing that feels intelligent, transportive, and romantic. I love how the vampires were explained from such a scientific perspective - it spoke to the nerd in my heart. It was a new take, and it also made SO much sense. I don't know I really dug it. I am also a sucker for a HEA, best friends, and massive trauma healing. This FMC had gone through some sh*t; and her processing it, working through it - but also not being completely healed by the end of the book (cuz healing takes time). I just I really loved this book. I'm hooked and ready to dive into my next read by Rebecca.
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FREAKING AMAZING!! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!
This is a new retelling of The Great Gatsby. Imagine if at the end Gatsby didnāt die? When he was shot he came back to life? Yesā¦Vampires!!! GATSBY WITH VAMPIRES!!! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! Daisy is an amazing woman and Jay Gatsby is the man she always loved, and he adores her, ever since they were kids. Soulmates for sure! This is definitely a Paranormal Romance, but itās full of friends, family, loyalty, devotion, action, tragedy and love!! It is very spicy, so if thatās not your thing you may not like those parts. But the writing style is FABULOUS and SO LUSH!! The character depth and growth are really well done and make you fall in love with them!! This is a definite FAVORITE for me, and hopefully for you too!!! Iām super excited and already preordered the next book in the Gilded Monsters series, Charming Devil, a new retelling of another great storyā¦Dorian Gray!!
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Fun Retelling With a Twist
In a modern retelling of The Great Gatsby, we see Daisy excited for summer and living with her parents again. She gets invited to a party, a beginning to a love sheād thought sheād lost, a web of darkness and secrets she couldāve never imagined. Can her love shared with Gatsby prevail through these secrets and the danger that comes alongside them? I want to start of by saying the cover is stunning! I love the green and gold touches, itās perfect. I really enjoyed this retelling. I found the way that the author tied in scenes and themes from the original to be quite clever. I found myself smirking at a few parts knowingly too. I enjoyed how Daisy was able to grow through all the trauma of her past and allow herself to trust and see past the flaws of the man she loves. Their story kept me up all night reading! Plus, Gatsby as a vampire was perfect. I felt Nickās portrayal was exactly as Iād imagined him to actually be in the original too, it gave me closure somehow to his character! If you enjoy a fantastic retelling, childhood friends to lovers, mysterious abilities and a good spicy vampire romance with some stakes, I highly recommend this book! Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the chance to read this incredible book!
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Passionate, consuming, and edgy!
Beautiful Villain is an alluring, sinful, highly entertaining paranormal romance that takes you on a journey into the life of Daisy Finnegan, a young woman who, after concerns over the whereabouts of her cousin at a party, stumbles into the one boy who always had a little of her heart and whom she never thought sheād see again, now a man with extreme wealth, power, and deep dark secrets. The writing is sensual and fluid. The characters are influential, impulsive, and intense. And the plot is a fast-paced, delightfully salacious tale of desire, temptation, mystique, attraction, chemistry, danger, deception, sizzling romance, and the supernatural. Overall, Beautiful Villain is an intriguing, seductive, sultry tale by Kenney with just the right amount of mystery, sex, unique characters, and bad-boy vibes to keep you engaged from start to finish. Itās the perfect standalone to kick off this Gilded Monsters series, and I canāt wait to read what this group of otherworldly beings manages to get tied up in next.
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Classic With A Twist
Take the Great Gatsby and add spice and some vampires and you have Beautiful Villain. I admit it may have been silly of me to read this book despite having read the original Great Gatsby and hating it (I know, I'm the minority) but I was surprised by this book and ended up listening to it quite quickly. While it wasn't my favorite book, I definitely see the appeal especially if you loved GG and wanted something similar but a bit more modern and sexy with a bit of a magical twist. The audio narration by Ruby Cherise is well done. Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for access to the ALC in exchange for an honest review.
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