Belle: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Once Upon a Time #8)

belle Is Convinced She Has The Wrong Name, As She Lacks Her Sisters' Awe-inspiring Beauty. So She Withdraws From Society, Devoting Her Time To Wood Carving. Secretly, Belle Longs To Find The Fabled Heartwood Tree. If Carved By The Right Hands, The Heartwood Will Reveal The Face Of One's True Love. during A Fierce Storm, Belle's Father Stumbles Upon The Mysterious Heartwood — And Encounters A Terrifying And Lonely Beast. Now Belle Must Carve The Heartwood To Save Her Father, And Learn To See Not With The Eyes Of Her Mind, But With The Eyes Of Her Heart. voya the Installment In The Wonderful Once Upon A Time Series Does Not Disappoint. Annabelle Evangeline Delaurier, Or Belle As Her Mother Insists Upon Calling Her, Has Thought About Beauty Her Entire Life. The Youngest Of Three Daughters, Belle Realized At A Very Young Age That Her Sisters' Beauty Would Eclipse Her If She Tried To Compete With Them. To Save Herself Embarrassment, Belle Withdraws From Society To Focus On What She Loves Most, Woodcarving, A Skill She Inherited From Her Father. Just As Belle Is Being Forced Back Into The World Of Parties And Elegant Gowns, The Family Fortunes Take A Turn For The Worse. Selling Off Everything They Once Valued, The Delaurier Family Moves To A Quaint Cottage Away From Town, Far Away On The Other Side Of The Myth-shrouded Wood. This Story Is Recognizably That Of Beauty And The Beast. Pleasantly, However, The Convention That Belle Is The Sweetest And Least Greedy Of Her Sisters Is Thrown To The Winds By Dokey. All Three Sisters Are Flawed And Struggling To Develop Their Own Identities. This Wonderful Re-envisioning Of A Popular Tale Adds Depth Not Only To Belle But Also To Her Family. The Characters Are Relatable, And The Love Story That Is At The Heart Of The Traditional Version Is Allowed To Be Peripheral To The Story Of Self-discovery And Growth As Belle And Her Sisters Achieve Their Potential. Reviewer: Jennifer Mcconnel Belle is convinced she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. So she withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Secretly, Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree. If carved by the right hands, the Heartwood will reveal the face of one's true love. During a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the mysterious Heartwood -- and encounters a terrifying and lonely Beast. Now Belle must carve the Heartwood to save her father, and learn to see not with the eyes of her mind, but with the eyes of her heart. Lacking her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty, Belle withdraws from society, devoting her time to wood carving. Secretly Belle longs to find the fabled Heartwood Tree which, if carved by the right hands, will reveal the face of one's true love. During a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the mysterious Heartwood and encounters a terrifying and lonely beast. Now Belle must carve the Heartwood to save her father, and learn to see not with the eyes of her mind, but with the eyes of her heart In this retelling of the traditional tale, Belle, a skilled woodcarver, must carve the the legendary Heartwood to repay her father's debt to a fearsome beast that gave him shelter during a terrible storm Belle, who lacks her sisters' beauty, spends her time alone with her wood carving, until she must carve the fabled Heartwood Tree to save her father from the Beast