Years ago when I used to occasionally read Robin McKinley's blog, I recall seeing her say once that many authors have one story at the bottom, and hers is Beauty and the Beast, so she'd be with you in arguing that most (or all) of her books are in fact Beauty and the Beast retelling!
I've read a lot of retellings of Beauty and the Beast in my life, as an inveterate fan of fairy tales, and my favourite is absolutely Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray, with Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher in second place. But I have a great deal of fondness remaining for McKinley's Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
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Date: 2019-01-27 10:23 pm (UTC)I've read a lot of retellings of Beauty and the Beast in my life, as an inveterate fan of fairy tales, and my favourite is absolutely Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray, with Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher in second place. But I have a great deal of fondness remaining for McKinley's Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast.