By Amy Lane
3.5 Stars
Do you like fairy tales? Then this spin on Beauty and the Beast is for you! Amy Lane takes us on riveting fantastical journey through eh pages of Truth in the Dark.
Truth in the Dark is a m/m romance story loosely based
around Beauty and the Beast, but defining the Beauty and the Beat is what keep this
story interesting. We first meet Naef,
or rather Knife as everyone calls him, as a grotesque creature that is tortured
by the bullies in his small fishing village.
He lives with his sister and mother, and sees himself as a stone around
both of their necks, and the reason that neither of them can live a fulfilled life.
Through his sister’s potential love-interest
he meets Aerie-Smith, a cursed man who takes the appearance of a lion and offers
him job, with a catch – spend a year on a remote island as his companion.
We struggled a bit with this story. There is such great commentary of beauty vs.
beast, how do you see yourself, are you defined by what you look like? And how does your love see you, as a complete
person or as the flawed individual you think you are. There is a spark between Naef and
Aerie-Smith, but a flame that never really catches. We love Amy Lane’s writing style, the
descriptions of this fantastical world paints a picture you can see, but it
never really fills in the love-story that we have all fallen for in Beauty and
the Beast.
Truth is the Dark is
a great read, but we were looking for a little more. Amy Lane has written such tender, heart
aching love stories, and we just wish she has spent more time creating that
between Naef and Aerie-Smith.
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