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Rebel Rose: 1 (Queen's Council)

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The only good thing about this book--barring the opportunity to explore Adam's PTSD--was the incorporation of historical events. And even that was a little contrived in the end, being as surrounded by idiotic side-plots and pointless new characters as it was. And it's not that I think this book was terrible, exactly. Eliminate that stupid plot with Bastien and replace it with something actually rooted in French history and this might have been a superb novel with only the issue of Theriault's inability to capture the true essence of the Beauty and the Beast characters for me to complain about. Lio is out of his element, having been under the curse, and thus separated from the rest of society for just over a decade. Dr Ady’s field was decolonisation and reparations, which she argued should be offered in the form of fairer trading arrangements. Within a few years, Dugdale had been radicalised. The only traces left of her upbringing were her confidence and “a perfect over-the-top English accent”, according to fellow student Devaki Jain. Belle and Lio, who you may know simply as The Beast, have defeated the curse and his kingdom has been restored to its former glory.

Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault: 9781368095969 Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault: 9781368095969

Not so long ago, Belle dreamed of leaving her provincial home for a life of adventure. Now she finds herself living in a lush palace, torn between her past as a commoner and her future as royalty. While Belle grapples with her newfound position, there are those who would do anything to keep her from power. It was bold for so-called rabble-rousers,she thought. But Bastien had already told them that the Third Estate had transformed into something new: the National Assembly. And King Louis had thus far been unable to quash them. ToBelle, that sounded like power. We really have 2 main cast additions here, Bastien and Marguerite. Bastien is Lio's duc cousin who Belle meets and goes "hmmm he seems sus" so me saying he's the bad guy doesn't feel at all like a spoiler which was a shame because a lot of this book was spent trying to make the reader go "is he a bad guy?" even though all intrigue was killed by having our protagonist hate him for little to no reason and spoil the reveal. Marguerite's main plot point was being a secret gay with most of her significance plotwise being Belle going "hmm I wonder what her secret is?" but again, that's not really a spoiler because she's just so heavily queer-coded from the moment she's introduced. I honestly think Marguerite existed mostly for PR so the book could go "look! Bechtal test! Female badass friend!" and also so the book could try to redeem themselves by adding positive queer-rep for whatever the hell happened with LeFou who yes, is still a canon gay character in this. They both bored me but at least they gave us someone for Belle to have some semblance of chemistry with.I'm not going to beat around anything here: I honestly kind of hated Rebel Rose. This is not to say it is necessarily a terrible book, though. There's actually a lot of merit to the story Theriault was trying to tell. I was eager to read and impressed with the idea of weaving the history of France into her rendition of Belle and Adam's happily ever after. Happily ever after is only the beginning as Belle takes on the responsibility of becoming queen and learns to balance duty, love, and sacrifice, all while navigating dark political intrigue-and a touch of magic. I don't know what book everyone else read and seemed to love so much, but this was just not it for me. Quedé fascinado con este libro, porque al inicio (antes de siquiera iniciarlo) creí que iba a ser muy Disney, muy blando y sin tanto contexto histórico; pero no, resultó siendo una mezcla muy buena de los personajes del clásico de la Bella y la Bestia (tomando la película como base), una Francia pre revolución, juegos de cortes, palacios y una guerra civil a punto de estallar. What happens next is an odd series of events that leaves Belle and Bastien alone in the castle together, whilst Lio travels the province visiting with his people.

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Rebel Rose is the first in the Queen’s Council series, an empowering fairy tale reimagining of the Disney Princesses—and the real history behind their stories—like you’ve never seen before. Without thinking, Belle wandered into the closest alley and began passing out the coins from her purse. She tried to talk to each person she met, but she was soon swarmed by children with outstretched hands. She was happy to press a coin into them, but she wished she could do more. Money Was a temporary solution; these people needed long-term aid, work, shelter—things she couldn’t readily give to them. Guilt ate away at her. She was married to a prince and yet she had no power to end their suffering. There is quite a bit of serious subject matter within this story and I do feel it read fairly slowly. There were some lulls in the action, or even some portions I felt could have been removed entirely. On her walk home, she realized she had been wrong. Paris was nothing like she remembered it. The city was a powder keg, and the peasants shouting for revolution in the gardens of the Palais-Royal held matches in their hands. Only a few heartbeats elapsed before the crowd surged forward, united in anger. The man on the pulpit lifted his arms in the air.

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This guy is a creeper, y'all, and Belle can see through him from the very beginning. She doesn't trust him as far as she can throw him. The two are at each other's throats constantly. From what Belle understood of French politics, it was a deceptively simple desire. In France, the power was concentrated in the hands of the clergy and the nobility. Peasants had nothing. It had been that way for centuries. But what if they could take some for themselves? What if the Third Estate became something? It would change the world. I received an e-ARC from Edelweiss and Disney Hyperion in exchange for an honest review. Review can also be found on *Milky Way of Books* Dugdale gave away much of her sizeable inheritance to the causes in which she believed, yet O’Driscoll found her chillingly indifferent to the Irish workers left with PTSD after being caught up in the Russborough House raid. O’Driscoll writes of “the two sides of Rose, the extraordinarily generous and the disturbingly brutal”. It is that tension, and O’Driscoll’s deft presentation of the complexities of Northern Ireland in the 1970s, that gives this book its pull.

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