Let me first start off by saying that I do not read alot of Beauty and the Beast retellings often, so my experience with this story will be very different than someone who reads them on the regular.

I went into this story totally blind (as I try to do with most) and I will say that while the plot was very mid tier the characters were kinda what drove this whole story.
This is by no means the most amazing book out there, but it was wholesome and charming in the way that watching your favorite childhood movie makes you feel.
I don't want to say cozy because there were triggering content in this story, and while it wasn't DARK by any means it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows in here.

What I really enjoyed was a change of pace to the original Disney story and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED that the Beast character was so soft and gentle. The way he was written was so adorable that I couldn't help smiling at almost all of his dialogue.

Ending on a 3.75 because the story was fresh enough for me and I found myself WANTING to consume this so quickly but the world building and characters were very one note. Do not go into this book if you are wanting fantastical fantasy and in depth development, but if you are wanting a very cute story to make you smile and bring warmth into your reads this book will find it's place there.