I love a good beauty and the beast retelling and I’m always pleasantly surprised when the girl is considered the beast. I really like Beau throughout the story and definitely grew to like Bett. I did feel like the end was a little rushed but over all enjoyed this one!

I received an ARC of Beau and Bett from Net Galley in exchange of an honest review.

I love retellings of classic literature and fairytales, but this one missed the mark completely. This book was a DNF for me. I tried to stick it out, but Bett "the Beast" was a whiny, egotistical, brat. There was no redemption of Bett's character as we typically see in Beauty and the Beast retellings. The only positive of this book was a female was the Beast in this story. Typically I love those retellings where the author swaps the main characters' genders, but this one did not hit the mark.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the early copy.

I could not connect with the writing style/plot and decided to put it down. Thanks for the chance to review it.

3.5 stars
An entertaining book with an important message underneath. The story itself was nothing spectacular, but I think the message that it carried is very important. Namely, not just judging people by how they act, because there usually is a reason for why they act in a specific way. The characters were fun to read about, so was the plot. But as I already said, it was nothing spectacular. The story was told solely from Beau's perspective, but I think the story would've gotten more depth if it was also told from Bett's perspective.

The blurb said it's a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast. I half expecting it to be cheesy and predictable. I did get surprised once, but that's really it. It's a cute plot and the characters are cute.

A cute retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast with a little twist and gender role reversal in this novel! It was a quick read that I finished in one sitting!

I could see the potential twist that Bett is the beast and Beau is the Male version of Belle was interesting but the chractures lacked emotion Beau chractire was the only one that went on the journey. Its told from Beau perspective but could of been told from both.did not warm to Betts chracture at all. Such a shame as it sounded great but just lacked that magic found it problematic as well. Thanks to Netgally and the Author for letting me read and review in exchange for a honest review.

I didn't not enjoy this book. I really thought i would enjoy it because it's a Beauty and the beast retelling but I just didn't enjoy the writing.

This story was cute. It's a retelling of the Beuty and the Beast but in this modern time. I love the writing and the flow of the story. We have our two main characters, Beau who is working on the farm to pay off a debt and the daughter who lives on the farm name Bett. The romance is slow and good character development between the two characters. Reading the character development between the two was perfect and didn't feel rushed. I thought the ending of the story was perfect in every way! Thank you to the author for this amazing story!

I really liked this story. I enjoyed the slow romance with the MC. I liked how Beau learned very valuable things and worked off his debt. Even though it wasn't his to pay. He made new friends in the journey. Over all this was a really cute story about a young boy.

I want to thank Netgalley for allowing me to read this eArc, all my opinions and reviews belong to me and are no way influenced by anyone.


Another modern retelling; this one is obviously Beauty and The Beast inspired. I think the author did a good when it came to writing this. I was pleasantly surprised that the roles were reversed and that the main protagonist was male. While the “beast” was a girl. So going into this book I was already really impressed. I don’t know why I have a thing for books that do that but here we are.



Now let’s talk about Beau who’s our male character.
I think that my favorite thing out of this whole book was beau and his amazing family. I feel like I’ve never read about such a great family before. They were so funny and delightful I actually found myself looking forward to the parts were his family was around. Because they seriously had me laughing. Beau was kind and so likeable that I couldn’t believe it.


Enters Bett who is our “beast” and let me tell you. I know she was supposed to be our female character. I disliked her so much. I’ve never been a sucker for females who get off on being spoiled and nasty to others just because they come from a well off family. We are all humans and we should treat each other with kindness. Her family was definitely as annoying as her and that was the worst.


I often found myself wondering why these two were ever paired up, I liked the other girl beau was interested in more than the mail character. And I honestly found myself rooting for the other girl so that should tell you a lot.
I don’t think beau and bett had any chemistry and I felt most of it was forced.

While the plot had me; the story was definitely not it for me.

This was such a cute retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. I loved the character's development in this book and how the story played out. This was fantastic and I loved it!

I enjoyed this book a fair amount. I liked the straightforward writing style, and I enjoyed Beau as a narrator. I also enjoyed Bettina as a character, and appreciated how she didn't end up as just another manic pixie dream girl. I thought the plot was sweet, and I enjoyed the side characters. However, I didn't see the connection to Beauty and the Beast, really, and I also felt uncomfortable with the constant references to "spirit animals" from a non-Native American narrator. Overall though I liked the book.

Beau and Bett was a modern retelling of the Beauty and the Beast. Or at least, it is marketed as such. Personally, I found the links between the the book and the fairytale quite a reach, which is sad because the gender swap - Beau being the Beauty and Bett being the Beast - was appealing. It wasn’t very clear why Bett was considered a beast, appart from the fact that she wasn’t very nice.

Unfortunately, for me, this book did not deliver.

On the plus side, this book is a quick read. It’s not very long and you go through it rather fast. That being said, while it’s a quick read, I found that the story it self dragged itself along. The main characters, Beau and Bett are so boring. Though, Bett was a bit more of an interesting character, I found them both lacklustre and not developed enough. They were both quite superficial. Beau, for me, was so bland, idiotic and boring, that I found myself skipping through the pages. While it’s an easy read, the story was so slow at times. The dialogue between the characters was pointless and did not add anything to the plot. Talking about the plot, the problem of this books seems to be that it has no plot.

The love story between Beau and Bett wasn’t very believable, many because for about half of the story, Beau is in love with another girl. It seem, at times, that the author didn’t know either where she was going with their story.

I was approved for this book but unfortunately, it got archived from the site before I could read it! I would've loved to have read this book! I hope to read more from this author and publisher in the future...

Thank you so much to Amberjack Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book for my review.

I’m all for fairytale retellings especially Beauty and the Beast ones as that’s my favorite Disney movie of all time. This was not my favorite retelling I’ve read but it was still pretty dang good.

Set in modern-day America, Beau meets the very spoiled Bett while working on her father’s ranch after his mom wrecks Bett’s super expensive SUV. Beau starts paying off his mom’s debt working weekends at the farm and also starts to learn more about why Bett is the way she is and why she’s called the “beast”.

First off I love that the roles in this story were reversed and the beast was a female character. This was the first retelling I’ve read that had the gender roles reversed and it was so different but in a great way. Another great thing about this contemporary was that the first person male protagonist, I don’t read many books told almost entirely from a male character and I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed the slow romance in this book too. It wasn’t the over the top cheesy crud that honestly I slog through, Beau actually found a friend in Bett and starts to look forward to seeing her every weekend and talking to her.

This was a pretty quick fun read and I’m adding it to one of the better retellings of Beauty and the Beast that I’ve read.

I adored the title and the fact that it was a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast (with gender reversal)
However, the story itself fell flat. I didn't feel any emotions from Bettina or Beau. I wasn't invested in the story and at some points, I was a little bored with the story.

The characters didn't jump out at me. Bett and Beau didn't mess for me. :(

This was a really quick read for me. The book moved in a very fast pace. I have to say that I like the characters and their back story. I wouldn't say that any of them is perfect, but I like it that way. It's a bit all over the place here and there but overall, it was an enjoyable experience.

I was looking forward to this read as I love retellings of classic fairytales/books.

Sadly the reversed role of Beau and Bett didn’t really bring out the Beast or the Beauty in this book.
Beau seems to be smitten but hesitant and Bett “The Beast” is kind of spoiled and doesn’t understand social cues very well.
It took me a while to get into this book and I did finish it, but I was putting the book down a lot for a later read and wasn’t really enjoying it.

I received this ebook copy from the publisher and NetGalley for an honest review.

Beau’s family isn’t exactly rich. His mom works as a maid and his dad is laid up on the couch after falling off a ladder and breaking several of his bones, leaving Beau to take up a lot of responsibility. After an incident between Beau’s mom and the Diaz’s daughter Bett, The Beast, Beau is left to pay the debt by working on the Diaz’s Ranch for a few weekends. Even after being warned about The Beast, Beau still gives her a chance and after a couple of weekends, Beau decides that she’s not that bad.
As far as Beauty and the Beast retellings go, this one wasn’t bad. I liked how instead of being told from the main female’s POV it was told from the main male’s POV. I really enjoyed reading about Beau’s family and how much they support each other.
Beau’s character is very mature and responsible while also still being a teenager (if that makes sense). When he heard about what happened between his mom and Bett he immediately started trying to figure out how to fix things. He also decided not to think the worst of Bett when everyone else was saying how bad she was.
Bett, The Beast, lives with her dad and her grandmother on the Diaz’s Ranch and goes to a fancy private school. She’s kind of awkward and speaks without a filter. She’s not exactly ‘beastly’ despite what everyone from her school thinks.
Bett’s family, in my opinion, was actually quite awful. At first, Mr. Diaz was just going to let Beau off the hook since the Diaz family has plenty of money and the accident wasn’t that big of a deal but then he decided Beau needed to gain some character although Beau was already a pretty great guy. Bett’s grandmother was just mean. She never gave Bett the benefit of the doubt about anything, which probably contributed to the way Bett is the way she is.
All in all, this was a cute retelling and I enjoyed reading it very much. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a wonderful retelling of the classic, Beauty and the Beast. Thank you NetGalley and Amberjack Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book in return for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Amberjack Publishing for an ARC in return for an honest review.