She mistakes the Beast’s shyness for aloofness and is annoyed by the servants’ inability to give her the answers she wants, despite them being magically bound to not do so.

She makes some surprisingly frustrating decisions. She is smart and kind, but her flaws show more in this version. The storytelling sucked me in, making me want to sit down and listen whenever I had the chance.Īs mentioned, the Belle in this novel is modelled after Emma Watson’s characterization. I felt like I was actually in the Beast’s castle and in Nevermore. As for the writing, Jennifer Donnelly’s style in Lost in a Book was atmospheric. With the rest of the characters, I had to pay attention to who started speaking first. She took a certain affliction when she was playing the Countess or Mrs. However, sometimes it was hard to tell who was talking. I loved the narrator for Lost in a Book with her lilting British accent that reminded me of Emma Watson’s (which was probably the point). But unknown to Belle, the glamourous Countess of Nevermore and her dazzling Parisian friends cannot be trusted. Inside, she discovers glamour, intrigue, and has adventures she thought would never happen. In the library, she discovers Nevermore, a magical book that, literally, pulls her into its pages. As such, it is suggested having already watched the movie before reading the book, but it’s not necessary.Ī captive in the Beast’s castle, Belle adores the servants, but the Beast continues to be gruff and keep her at arm’s length, despite her best efforts. The story is set during the middle of the film, right after the Beast rescues Belle from the wolves and gives her the library. If anything can curb anxiety, it’s Disney and audiobooks.īeauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book is a middle grade/lower YA novel that came out around the same time as the live-action Beauty and the Beast movie.

When I found the audiobook for Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book, I didn’t hesitate to check it out on Libby. Realizing it has officially been a year since this all happened has aggravated my anxiety, making it very hard to concentrate on anything but my spiraling, uncomfortable thoughts. And then it all went downhill from there. Three days into my spring break, my own university announced their lockdown. A week before, the university I worked at declared they were going into lockdown.

The coronavirus was a thing people talked about but, frankly, I wasn’t giving it much thought.

I was two and a half months away from graduating with my Master’s in Library and Information Science. Hi, my name is Jillian and I will ignore my entire TBR pile for a Disney book….Īround this time last year, I was on spring break.

Beauty and the beast lost in the book