Desiring a man whose efforts speak in a higher tone than his promises, isn’t too much to ask for. 33

Bend Her: A Dark Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance is a story about Rhaim the All-Beast, a cruel beast mage doomed to die at the hands of the woman he must protect at all costs, and Lisane, the sheltered Princess of Tears, who has been given into his care and who needs him to teach her magic so she can be free—no matter how much it might hurt her. Beauty and the Beast retellings will never go out of style, and BEND HER is definitely in my list of favorites. This story weaves elements of the original tale within an entirely new plot, adding a dark romance dynamic between the protagonists that is sure to appeal to fans of spicy books. While this first installment focuses on slow burn, readers can look forward to plenty of angst, a mentor x student dynamic, some dom/sub kinks and a taste of the more intense things to come. This is an excellent first installment, and if it sounds like something you’d enjoy, I 10/10 recommend giving this book a try. This is the first book in the series and it starts off so intriguing. I was pulled in immediately and could not stop listening. I love darker retellings and this one is great. The tension between Lisane and Rhaim was delightful and I was waiting for the big moment. They bring out the best in each other regardless of how their situation is. The story does end on a cliffhanger but it’s a 3 book series so I was expecting it. I’m looking forward to the next part of their story. She has had plenty of men willing to give her the world but none were willing to make her their world. 31

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She is everything a man will desire and need, as well as everything a boy will not understand, value and take for granted. 11

It’s not her shape, her face, or her hair that makes her beautiful. Neither is it the smoothness of her skin, the boldness when she stands or the perseverance in her heart. But the condition of her heart, the gratitude she lives by and her love for God. 21Bend Her" is the thirteenth episode in the fourth season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 67th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on July 20, 2003. In the episode, Bender changes into a female robot and adopts the name Coilette. This episode was considered somewhat easier to animate than others because there were fewer spaceship scenes. [2] Reception [ edit ] Bend Her: A Dark Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance is the story of Rhaim the All-Beast, a cruel beast mage doomed to die at the hands of the woman he must protect at all costs, and Lisane, the sheltered Princess of Tears, who has been given into his care and who needs him to teach her magic so she can be free—no matter how much it might hurt her.

Again and again I had to suspend disbelief to keep going because the characters were all over the place. Lisane starts out fierce but for most of the book she seems meek and whiney, always scared and always reacting wildly that this new thing is either more terrible than the last or not as bad, and then changing her mind about it later. And so, when a group of soldiers brought a bound and drugged woman to my doorstep, to bribe me to fight in their war, and pulled the bag off of her head and I saw her there—the woman from the vision at my Ascension, and who has haunted my dreams ever since—I knew it was the beginning of my end. The title of the episode is a reference to the 1959 film Ben-Hur. It is also a reference to Bender's name and the act of gender bending. In the DVD audio commentary, producer David X. Cohen claims the episode title is a " triple joke". [4]Protagonista della storia è la principessa Lisane, che durante un viaggio viene rapita e lasciata nelle mani di Rhaim, uno dei maghi più potenti al mondo. O almeno così lei crede… Rhaim is an enigma. He's a shifter, 800 years old, and knows more magic than all the other people in this book. Lisane asks him to teach her magic... let the lessons begin. ;) The sun and the moon take turns admiring her, the sun watches her rise, as it finds its way to the other side of the world to cover its next shift. The moon tags in to watch her sleep. 45

She had no idea who I was, or what we were to each other. She knew nothing about my fate or future with her, or how she was destined to kill me. The heart of the story is undoubtedly the relationship between Lisane and Rhaim, but the author wove an impeccable plot around it, which stands out completely from other Beauty and the Beast retellings I’ve read. The elements of the original tale are peppered throughout the story in an entirely new light, making it impossible to predict what will happen next. I really enjoyed the important role of mages in this story, as well as the political intricacies of the kingdoms. After that ending, I’m sensing lots of drama in the future and I can’t wait to see it unfolding! Seeing as Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairy tales ever, I’m always excited to find new retellings and I was over the moon when I had the opportunity to read an eARC of this. I had high hopes for it and It. Did. Not. Disappoint! I needed space—he was everything I hated and he made me hurt—but somehow he also made me magical, and I didn’t understand." This sentence. Just what. The last thing I could recall was being in a carriage…We’d been running away from the Deathless . . .

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Being a "Beauty and The Beast" retelling you can already guess the main elements you'd find here: the castle, the magic, the library, and of course, the Beast.