30 Modern Twists on the Fairy Tales You Know and Love

A young girl has trained her whole life to kill the evil ruler she is betrothed to, yet when she finally meets him, she finds it hard to fulfill her duty in light of her developing feelings for him. In Rosamund Hodge's Cruel Beauty, the story of Beauty and the Beast is retold as a romantic fantasy that mixes elements of Greek mythology and classic fairy tales.