Wither

Another day, another social media add, another reason to download a new book. This time, we have a fairy tale retelling. Beauty and The Beast. Here's Ashlyn Drewek's "Wither."

["Desperate for a change, librarian Zane Beaumont gets the chance of a lifetime to work for literary sensation Gerulf Prince. People say you should never meet your heroes—and for good reason. The fact that no one has seen the mysterious author in two years and that his lawyer is willing to pay so much for a job people would normally clamor to do for free are giant red flags that sail over Zane’s head.

But with an offer he can’t refuse and the deadline for Gerulf’s latest project fast approaching, Zane takes the job and moves into the famous author’s mansion. After all, it’s only six months. How bad can it be?"]

Oh. My. Gooooooooooood! D: This book was so fucking good. So. Fucking. Good!!

And I'm not even mad that the romance aspect didn't even start until like 50-60% in. It was that good. 

Gerulf was the perfect Beast. Ruined by life and love and a witch bitch. He had nothing to live for,  nothing but hatred in his heart, and nothing but roses in his past (literal roses--in the garden, in the library). Not to mention the literal disfigurement from an accident two year prior, he was..."beastly" and a monster (his words).

Zane was the perfect Beauty. Pretty, smart, wanted by the town queen be, inventor/engineer father, passion for books (and a library to boot). He was left wanting and waiting most of his life. He didn't have time or money for passions. He didn't have room in his heart for love, not with everything going on. 

But these two healed each other. They healed each other while falling in love (mostly on purpose, but mostly without their own hearts knowing it). 

Trigger Warnings: stalking, sexual harassment, domestic abuse, violence, near-death accidents, disfigurement, parental death, and more

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