Zombie Kids Books: Beauty vs The Beast

Fables of the Undead #4

by Dina T. Seth

Do you like fairytale classics? Do you like horrific zombie stories?

You will get both in these grisly princess stories, “Fables of the Undead”!

When her father inadvertently brings the zombie plague to the Castle of the Beast, little does Belle know that she will have to live there too, as the sickened Prince’s prisoner.

But how long can she survive against a zombified Beast before she too falls prey to the terrible sickness?


Part of a series of revised children’s stories for the adult horror genre, “Beauty vs the Beast : Fables of the Undead ” will leave you starving for a bite of the next story!

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Genres: Childrens, Zombies

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 2, 2015

About the author

My passion is reading and writing books about the bedtime stories for children because I need to help parents to improve the imagination, inspiration, creativity, motivation and innovation for their children.

I love what I do. Much of my childhood was spent "making up stories in my head" - these days I still do the same thing - but now I write it all down to the collection books on Amazon Kindle.

Reviews

[Divya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have loved this better as a kid.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

***Graphic violence is included in this book.***

First of all I am up on the fence about this series as a whole after having read this book and choosing to have read another one in the series. The books are really graphic in its telling of violence, really twisted in its creativity although I do have to give points that the author came up with these ideas while also tying all the fairy tale books together and yet at the same time it makes me wonder what led Dina to this point. And furthermore all the cover art has been taken from other sources with Disney being the majority contributor but I have seen the cover for this book Beauty vs the Beast on another Beauty & the Beast adaptation that is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style.

Beauty vs the Beast creatively combines elements from both the original telling of this fairy tale plus elements from the Disney animated film as well as one scene from Bram Stoker's Dracula with a few twists to make a creative story that is familiar while at the same time being quite new. Even with so much content that she is provided with, Dina T. Seth has streamlined the story down to the main points that move the story forth including by killing Belle's father off quite early on instead of changing him over to a zombie. Out of all the creative elements, though, I believe that Seth's French Gaston and his now redemptive arc was definitely something I didn't see coming although this is a partial redemption since he still ends up not being able to fulfill the requirements demanded of a true hero.

Unlike the series' first book, Dead In the Sea, this particular book has a small graphic episode in the start of the book when Belle's father returns to the sea while a more graphic showdown than description towards the end. Furthermore the is rather gruesome while not quite something that I saw coming.

Although I know that this is a Zombie Kids book I wouldn't recommend this fairy tale adaptation for really young audiences, especially those who tend to get squeamish with violence and/or gore. Instead I can see this book being geared more towards maybe a high school crowd or young adults crowd, especially those who tend to favor more horror or darker themed adaptations of their favorite stories.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, so here's the thing about this book. While it's well-written, it basically starts out as the story of Beauty and the Beast then morphs into a weird zombie tale. And it doesn't even have a HEA - if there's no HEA it's not a fairytale, everyone knows that! And just because it's a zombie book, doesn't preclude it from having one, as I've read several versions of fairytales that have been zombies or worse that have still had HEAs. So all in all, a bit disappointing really, and not one I'll be reading again, especially with kids - it's a bit graphically gross for them!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good plot, but the verbiage is horrendous. Consistent misuse of words... "Wretch" for "retch" is one example.

I wouldn't really say it's a kids' book. More YA after the spelling and grammatical errors are resolved. It's almost unreadable as it stands, and I wouldn't want my child reading it simply because of the grammar errors.

I'd suggest the author find a good proofreader before publishing further.

[Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rip off two different stories and gruesome book

[Frieda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, that was unexpected. I kept expecting the traditional type to win through, so it unexpected.

[David Blaylock · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as bad as the other Zombie Kids Books by Dina T Seth, but that is because it is not too different from the original story.

[nina demsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great the best I ever heard

I would recommend it for six year olds because the younger ones will be scared and think it's the real story but I loved it it was one of the best books I ever read

[Kristy Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

#AWESOME (=^·^=)

this book will make your brain sing .I think it's AWESOME!(=^·^=)
Love this book .why are you not going to buy it!!!!