So yeah, I might have flailed a bit when I found out Jack's new book was a retelling of my favorite tale. She is a brilliant writer, I especially love her characters.
Here is the lovely cover!
Isn't it lovely!
I am ecstatic for this story!
Finding the Magic.
Fifteen-year-old Belle is sent to the countryside to escape the London bombings of WWII. She knows she will miss her mother and worry about her father, who is away fighting in the war, but has no idea what awaits her in the manor in which she is to live. She finds friends in the staff but the mysterious and elusive master of the house frightens her. Can she teach him to find the magic in a world where magic seems to be long gone?
Author Bio:
Jack is an author, which is why she spends much of her time writing and little of her time editing. She likes to follow characters around and tell their stories even if they don't tell her everything they know about their stories.
She lives alone in a Hobbit hole and spends her spare time with her nose stuck in a book. When she isn't doing that she is busy baking bread and annoying her neighbors with bagpipes.
You can follow Jack here: http://www.jacklewisbaillot.com/
I promise to have a normal post next week. Then I have some tags, and I think a few blog tours. We shall see what happens.
Well, there’s just no way you could pass up on talking about a B&B retelling. It looks good!! And side note, I absolutely love the name Jack for a girl, and just now realized this.
ReplyDeleteExcatly! Every time I find a new retelling of it, I get so excited.
DeleteMe too!
I had no idea Jack was writing/wrote a Beauty and the Beast retelling! (Those are my favorite). I’m definitely going to have to check it out!
ReplyDeleteMe either! You should!
DeleteI'M SO EXCITED FOR IT TO COME OUT. *FLAILS*
ReplyDelete(Also I totally didn't just sit here and watch that Rumbelle gif like 40 times. Noooo. *cough, cough, cough*)
ME TOO! *Fails and dances*
Delete<3 They are the best!
This sounds so good!!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it!
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Sounds like a good book! (Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale.)
ReplyDeleteAlso--I've never heard of the name Jack being used for a girl, and I really like it!
I'm so excited for it! (Me too)
DeleteI think it would make a great character name.
Wow, this has a touch of a The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe feel! It sounds so cool!
ReplyDeleteI agree! It sounds so good!
DeleteAhh that sounds a bit like Beauty and the Beast meets Narnia, right?! Congrats to the author for her new book!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's like the perfect mashup!
DeleteCool cover!
ReplyDelete-Brooklyne
:D
DeleteOoh, I'll have to look for this! :)
ReplyDeleteYou should! :D
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