SERENA VALENTINO: The Beast Within

(ETA: I'm C&Ping my November book reviews from my LJ, and man, this one is short. It worked fine as part of a multi-book entry, but as a stand alone, it's teeny. Oh, well.)

This is the second in Serena's Disney series. I didn't care for The Fairest of All, about the Evil Queen, very much, but I enjoyed this one a lot. There's a lot of good backstory. The Prince (who never is named in the book) and Gaston were originally *gasp* friends! The story moves quickly without lagging too much, unlike Fairest. And the parts with the three witches and Circe were awesome. I loved the mentions of other Disney tales. I'm looking forward to the next one, Poor Unfortunate Soul. You can guess who that's about!