Rainseeker: A Thrilling Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

by Jeanette Matern

Tavia Osraige is the princess of the vast kingdom of Siddel. Her physical beauty is unmatched, but her heart is mired in selfishness and conceit. When her father, the King, falls into an inexplicable coma, Tavia is left unprotected from mystical forces that rob her of her attractiveness, leaving Tavia with the face of hideousness. Made an outcast, Tavia is all but willing to disappear into exile until she meets two kind commoners whose world is devastated by a merciless villain known only as The Knox.

Author Bio
Jeanette Matern received her bachelors degree in journalism from the University of Utah and did her post graduate work at the University of Phoenix in Secondary Education. She works as a private teacher and musician in Sandy, Utah where she lives with her husband and two young sons.

Relegated to her cursed façade, Tavia chooses to don a black hood and a warrior’s sword to fight with Siddel’s army to defeat The Knox and his band of murderous thugs. Only when she falls in love with the brave commander of Siddel’s forces does Tavia learn that the only way to break her curse is with her willingness to live and die for a credo that promises to make her into the woman she was destined to be.

294 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 30, 2014

Reviews

[Marquise · Rating 1 out of 5]

I expected more from this given the blurb's glowing summary, but very little in this retelling is thrilling or Beauty and the Beast-reminiscent. It's a poorly edited, poorly plotted and disjointed story with a splattering of B&B elements that don't quite work.

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book! The character development was fun and interesting, and the plot twists were surprising right up until the end!