A review by jopurplelove
Belle The Mysterious Message by Kitty Richards

3.0

I read a translated version of this to help improve my reading in french. In french it was my correct reading level, sadly, so I could relate how a child reading this felt. As a Disney fanatic, it was a cute little additional story before Beast turns back to his princely self. The illustrations were beautiful to look at throughout the book. The story itself was interesting enough while reading and deciphering the translation. I read it much slower than an adult would and possibly slower than someone on my reading level since I was translating it word for word while learning new phrases and vocabulary. The clues in the story keeps it moving along, but in the end it wraps up too quickly for my tastes. There are new characters mentioned in the book, but I wish there was a bit more character depth even among the original characters of the movie. Overall, kids will enjoy reading this new tale within the original tale. It's a nice little chapter book for kids and Disney fanatics, but as an adult reader I was left wanting more.