Maiden Lane: Darling Beast (Series #7) (Paperback)

from Lauren2013

Darling Beast4 StarsFalsely accuses and imprisoned in Bedlam, Apollo Greaves escapes and finds refuge in the ruins of a scorched pleasure garden. To his chagrin, he soon learns that he is sharing his sanctuary with a beautiful young widow and her son who are down on their luck. At first, Lily Stu...

from amdrane2

I really liked the take on Beauty and the Beast. It's refreshing to have a hero who isn't the most beautiful man in the town. Actually Apollo was quite the opposite. A case of being charged with murder has him hiding out and gives him the chance to meet and become friends with Lily and her son, I...

from WhiskeyintheJar

3.5 starsLily Stump or better known as Robin Goodfellow is an actress currently without a stage. Lily, along with her son and friend Maude are currently living in a badly fire damaged theatre while gardeners see to replanting and shaping up the also damaged pleasure gardens. Until the theatre is ...

from Lauren2013

Darling Beast4 StarsFalsely accuses and imprisoned in Bedlam, Apollo Greaves escapes and finds refuge in the ruins of a scorched pleasure garden. To his chagrin, he soon learns that he is sharing his sanctuary with a beautiful young widow and her son who are down on their luck. At first, Lily Stu...

from BillieBook

I want half stars! This is not quite a five-star book, but it's definitely deserving of more than four stars. Not only was the love story between Lily and Caliban/Apollo absolutely lovely, but Hoyt's re-telling and upending of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur was absolutely brilliant. (I stil...