Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley is $1.99 on
Amazon.com
This is McKinley's second retelling of
Beauty and the Beast.
Here's a review by Jo Walton of the two stories, that I posted the last time Beauty was mentioned:
Two Beauties, Two Beasts: Robin McKinley’s Beauty and Rose Daughter
Quote:
Once upon a time, a wealthy merchant had three daughters. When his business failed, he moved his daughters to the countryside. The youngest daughter, Beauty, is fascinated by the thorny stems of a mysterious plant that overwhelms their neglected cottage. She tends the plant until it blossoms with the most beautiful flowers the sisters have ever seen—roses.
Admiring the roses, an old woman tells Beauty, “Roses are for love.” And she speaks of a sorcerers’ battle many years ago that left a beast in an enchanted palace, and a curse concerning a family of three sisters . . .
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