![]() ![]() It’s really only “Beauty and the Beast” in the broad strokes, though, and most of the story focuses on deducing the origin of the curse, as well as on an outside threat from foreign invasion. ![]() You probably already see some “Beauty and the Beast” parallels, and there are also enchanted mirrors scattered throughout. ![]() He nearly runs Caitrin off at once, but instead she stays, becoming part of his very unusual household and delving into the myserious curse afflicting the Tor. Anluan proves to be bad-tempered and unfriendly he was stricken by illness as a child and it left him semi-paralyzed on his right side. There are strange rumors about monstrous spectres in the woods around the Tor, and about Anluan, the chieftain. ![]() The heroine of the story is Caitrin, who flees an abusive situation and, in desperation, seeks refuge and work as a scribe at Whistling Tor. After recently reading Heir to Sevenwaters, I jumped into a reread of Heart ‘s Blood, in part so that I could try to actually notice sooner this time that it’s a “Beauty and the Beast” retelling… It took me far too long to figure that out on the first go-around. I’d just like to say, when Juliet Marillier is good, she’s really good, and I’ve been having a nice run with her books lately. ![]()
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