By Brigid Kemmerer Hardcover , 496 pages Published January 29th 2019 by Bloomsbury YA I’m not going to make you wait until the end of this review to find out whether or not I recommend this book. I will, without hesitation, recommend “A Curse so Dark and Lonely” as one of the best Beauty and the Beast retellings I’ve read to date, although it is very loosely based upon the classic fairy tale. As a matter of fact, I will recommend ACsDaL as one the best retellings I’ve read, ever. Brigid Kemmerer has masterfully created a whole new plot with multiple settings, but still sprinkles pieces of the classic throughout. This book is sure to keep every single reader sitting upright, with their fingers on the edge of the next page, ready to flip. Harper, our heroine of the story is wild but clever. Defiant but loyal. Young but fearless. She doesn’t let her Cerebral Palsy slow her down at any point in this story, which is inspiring on so man...