Rebel Rose: 1 (Queen's Council)

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This trip was to be a reprieve. Here she was anonymous, just someone going about their day. Her plain dress made her invisible. She could enjoy Paris the way she’d always imagined, before returning to her new life and hoping it fit her better after some time away from it. Me sorprendió también por cómo una buena ficción histórica tomaba personajes y situaciones reales y las transformaba en algo canon dentro del libro. Tanto que me dio unas vibes enormes a Outlander por como eran manejados los hechos y la interacción con estos (sin ser narrados enteramente de manera explícita, pero sí dándolo a entender en muchas ocasiones). This book is the first in a series (the next princesses reported to be Mulan and Jasmine). I am very interested in seeing what they do with this. I enjoy the premise of "what's next" mixed with historically important events in the time period and/or culture of the princesses so much. Además tiene magia, de una manera sutil y que al igual que la película, se entrelaza con los personajes, especialmente Bella. Y Bella siendo Bella, tiene sus ideas revolucionarias y feministas que me hicieron amarla aún más y eso sin hablar de la enorme biblioteca que tiene.

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There was a smooth transition from the movie content to this story. Belle, Lio and some other favorites, such as Mrs. Potts, Lumiere and Cogsworth, all behaved as you would expect them too and I appreciated that consistency. I don't know what book everyone else read and seemed to love so much, but this was just not it for me. 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. It was a bit like falling in love in a place out of time. It didn't matter that we didn't make sense together; it didn't matter who he was or who I was. We just...fell."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. 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 would also say that it's very easy to tell who the villain is. The narration often says things like "there was something off about them, but Belle didn't know what it was" or "there was something not quite right about them". I am a little more lenient with this because I know this is Theriault's first book and especially for a first book, this was well researched and executed. However, in terms of the villain, giving so many hints about them being "off" comes off like she doesn't trust the reader to figure out who the villain is on their own. She was so blunt about it that I actually thought it must have been done on purpose as a red herring. I'm hoping if she writes another book in the series that she trusts her reader a bit more to figure out where allegiances lie on their own instead of telling them at every turn. The villain in general kind of has unclear motives which aren't made any clearer towards the end. The historical elements were FANTASTIC, loved the French Revolution making up the conflict of the story Maybe it was time to be honest with Lio about everything she had done and seen in his absence. Maybe she was ready to tell him about[REDACTED]. Maybe she was ready to ease the burden from her shoulders so they could share it, as they had shared everything else. It wasn’t right to assume he couldn’t handle it. Lio had handled much worse, and together they had defeated the curse once before." Spoiler...She DIDN'T... another instance of being whishy washy.

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She faked a cough in Bastien’s direction as she left the room, relishing the way he flinched from her." Petty AF and CORONA makes me so disturbed by this

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The sea of people crossed PontRoyal and spilled into the palace gardens on the other side with startling efficiency. Any soldiers who had followed them were stopped at the gates by red-coated Gardes suisses who turned them away brusquely. Belle slipped in past them, as much a part of the crowd as anyone else, and found herself in a place she had spent years only imagining.

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They will be staying with him, which is fortunate for Lio, since as a Duc, Bastien is used to navigating the ins and outs of the royal court. Sure we were left in that amazing dancing scene at the end of the animated movie but it was the after that became the true challenge. Born a commoner and thrust into the French higher society as a princess of the principality where Beast's castle was, Belle has to balance between the new duties and also her love for her older life. When she stumbles across a magic mirror that holds a dire warning, Belle wants nothing more than to ignore the mysterious voice calling her to accept a crown she never desired. But violent factions of the revolution may already be lurking within her own castle, and doing nothing would endanger everything she holds dear. With the fate of her country, her love, and her life at stake, Belle must decide if she is ready to embrace her own strength--and the magic that ties her to so many female rulers before her--to become the queen she is meant to be. Belle may have grown up a peasant, and she may not have taken the title that was afforded to her, but she didn’t think either fact would be enough to convince the people of Paris that she was nothing like the nobles they reviled.

Now with a gorgeous new series look! In this sweeping YA fantasy series, Disney’s Princesses grow up—and learn to rule—guided by the magical Queen’s Council. In Rebel Rose, Belle faces a royal future in a time of turmoil. Set in 1789, Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault is a continuation of the classic tale, Beauty and the Beast. Rebel Rose follows Belle and Lio(Beast) after their wedding. The story is tied into the French Revolution, giving it a political feel. It is a bit darker and more serious than what we are used to, and seems more of a mystery than a fairy tale. There is even a beheading involved! But don’t worry, there is not much detail about that. Belle can do whatever she pleases. If anyone has a problem with her, they can answer to me.” She was sure no one else would notice how, in anger, his voice still slipped into something akin to a growl"