A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier Review
One of the nice aspects of reading Melanie Celliers fairy tale retellings is that they can be read in any order. Until recently I loved this option. It was a lot easier to simply pick up the book that sounded the most interesting rather than start a series from start to finish. But after completing both the Four Kingdoms and Beyond the Four Kingdoms series I have come to think differently. I am very glad that I chose to read them in order for it felt a lot more fulfilling. Seeing favorite characters and even villains appear in several stories was always a treat and made the reading experience feel more complete. That said there is nothing wrong with reading these books out of order just know that some will probably contain spoilers of their predecessors. A Tale of Beauty and Beast is a prime example of this for it takes place right after A Dance of Silver and Shadow and mentions several events from it. This review will contain a few of those spoilers so if you haven't read A Dance ...