So I have mixed feelings about this book, because I did enjoy it but there are also a few points I would have liked to see proceed differently than they did.
I enjoyed Elle and the household interactions and I liked the 'beauty and beasts' interactions...up to a point,

and that point is when the curse was broken. The household and Beasts ostracising Elle (other than our boy, our lad, Oliver) and were cruel and so dumb. The misunderstanding as it were showed a cruel nature, which I hated. And then when Elle is brought back its all happy families. Lets just say I am not as forgiving as Elle. I would have liked Elle to call them out for their hypocrisy but shes all sweet and accepting. Atleast point out that they all were happy no matter who she was as long as the curse was lifted and the fact she tried to leave them but they pretty much forced her to stay. For all her biting intelligence, she never had a good comeback for all the shenanigans.

I've decided I preferred our main couple as friends rather than romantic partners, and would have preferred an ending where Elle drew a protective line and accepted a friendship with the Chateaux peoples but nothing more, but that would hardly be a Beauty and the Beast style ending.
I figured out the mystery of Elle's identity pretty quickly, but still had some back and forthing as to the why.
The ending really messed with my rating and I ended up liking only our lad, our boi, Oliver and Elle, though she folded too soon so I guess I didn't love her either. 🤣