![]() ![]() In this version, Beauty is a gardener who loves roses. To quote from my prior review of McKinley’s Shadows: “An animal loving girl goes to have her mystical climatic encounter that draws upon her unexplored magical heritage, all the while accompanied by a practical herd of random animals.” This statement remains more or less true for Rose Daughter, although not much is actually done with the heroine’s magic powers in this case.The focus of the Rose Daughter retelling is the roses themselves. It contains all the usual hallmarks of her work. ![]() ![]() The fairy tale is not a re-visioning and for the most part unfolds in the usual manner.If you’ve read any amount of McKinley’s work, Rose Daughter should feel at least somewhat familiar. When disaster strikes her family, she along with her father and two sisters moves to a country cottage covered in roses. I have read Beauty, but it was too long ago for me to be able to accurately compare the two books.Beauty is the youngest daughter of a merchant. Rose Daughter is McKinley’s second time retelling the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast,” the first being her debut novel Beauty. On the whole, Rose Daughter was all right. ![]()
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