Hubert Boulard (1971–2020)

A dark and bloody fairy tale where a scullion maid's wish for beauty turns her into a Helen whose face launches a thousand wars. The ups and downs in her fortunes and her personality get a bit much at times, but the engaging side characters help to carry interest through the lowest points.

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Collects Beauté - tome 1 - Désirs exaucés, Beauté - tome 2 - La reine indécise, and Beauté - tome 3 - Simples mortels.

Contents: 1. Wishes Granted -- 2. The Indecisive Queen -- 3. Ordinary Mortals… (mehr)

TRIGGER WARNING! Psychological and emotional abuse,graphic sexual assault and exaggerated violence is depicted heavily throughout.

A young woman is granted one wish,and she wishes to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her wish is granted. But everything comes with a cost. Standard fare,right? No. While the plot is simple and direct, the overarching themes,societal and gender norms, psychological trauma,and sexual abuse is not. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Every element is organically weaved into a harrowing (often times very traumatic) tale of one woman's journey, Cloudine. No matter what Coddie/Cloudine did/didn't do I,I was invested in not only her journey but the side characters journey as well, especially her daughter. I was her biggest cheerleader until i wasn't and then I was again. I was nervous when she got pregnant. I hoped her first husband would let go of his obsession with her. I was very much conflicted with how she wad being framed. In some ways it was as if the writer was saying at times"when you're this beautiful or this sexy it's putting too much responsibility on men to control themselves" . An direct and artistic way of basically saying " but she was asking for it"… (mehr)