Heated competition leads to even hotter romance in this YA summer rom-com for fans of Sandhya Menon, Emma Lord, and Wibbroka.
Seventeen-year-old, high-achieving Kavya Joshi has always been told she's a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In one word: besharam.
So, when her nemesis, Ian Jun, witnesses Kavya’s very public breakup with her loser boyfriend on the last day of junior year, she decides to lay low and spend the summer doing what she loves best–working part time playing princess roles for childrens’ birthday parties. But her plan is shot when she’s cast as Ariel instead of her beloved Belle, and learns that Ian will be her Prince Eric for the summer. [Cue the combative banter.]
Exhausted by Kavya and Ian’s years-long feud, their friends hatch a plan to end their rivalry by convincing them to participate in a series of challenges throughout the summer. Kavya is only too eager to finally be declared the winner. But as the competition heats up, so too does the romantic tension, until it escalates from a simmer to a full-on burn.
Romance | Teens & YA
Publication Date: 24 May 2022
My Review:
4 Stars:
📖Book: Beauty and the Besharam
⭐️Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✍🏼Author: Lillie Vale
📚Genre: Romance | LGBTQIA+ (not a focus)
🗏 Pages: 400
💌Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine, Friends to lovers, Disney Inspired, Forced Proximity, Nick Names, Gender Swap Beauty and the Beast Inspired
⚠️TW: Grief, Biphobia, Child death Infidelity, Sexism, Bullying
Friends to lovers but add rivalry as courtship. Beauty and the Besharam is the grumpy/sunshine gender swap beauty and the beast-inspired retelling we all need this summer. From the sailor moon references to Taylor Swift, you will be in love with the 90s easter eggs in this one. Kavya is unapologetically a force to be wrenched with but has always been told she's too much. No wonder she thinks she's hard to love and not even worthy of said love. Step in, Ian, the childhood friend who has always just been a pain. You follow along as these characters work together being Disney characters at kids' parties. The tropes and references in this one are immense. I was dancing while creating this playlist. I did limit the Disney and Taylor Swift songs to a minimum…
Thanks to Colordpagetours, Penguin Teen, amd Lilly Vale for the copy of Beauty and the Besharam in exchange for my honest review
“We’re teaming up with ColoredPages and PenguinTeen to give away 5 (FIVE) finished copies of Beauty and the Besharam by Lillie Vale! Follow the link in the bio to enter this US ONLY giveaway! You must be 18 years or older, or have parental permission to share your address if you win. The giveaway ends on 22nd May at 11:59 EST.”
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Lillie Vale is the author of books for both teens and adults, including The Decoy Girlfriend, Beauty and the Besharam, The Shaadi Set-Up, and Small Town Hearts, an American Library Association’s 2020 Rainbow Books List selection. She writes about secrets and yearning, complicated and ambitious girls who know what they want, the places we call home and people we find our way back to, and the magic we make. Born in Mumbai, she grew up in Mississippi, Texas, and North Dakota, and now lives in an Indiana college town. Find her on Twitter @LillieLabyrinth and Instagram @labyrinthspine, or visit her website lillielabyrinth.com.
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Heated competition leads to even hotter romance in this YA summer rom-com for fans of Sandhya Menon, Emma Lord, and Wibbroka.
Seventeen-year-old, high-achieving Kavya Joshi has always been told she's a little too ambitious, a little too mouthy, and overall just a little too much. In one word: besharam.
So, when her nemesis, Ian Jun, witnesses Kavya’s very public breakup with her loser boyfriend on the last day of junior year, she decides to lay low and spend the summer doing what she loves best–working part time playing princess roles for childrens’ birthday parties. But her plan is shot when she’s cast as Ariel instead of her beloved Belle, and learns that Ian will be her Prince Eric for the summer. [Cue the combative banter.]
Exhausted by Kavya and Ian’s years-long feud, their friends hatch a plan to end their rivalry by convincing them to participate in a series of challenges throughout the summer. Kavya is only too eager to finally be declared the winner. But as the competition heats up, so too does the romantic tension, until it escalates from a simmer to a full-on burn.
Romance | Teens & YA
Publication Date: 24 May 2022
My Review:
4 Stars:
📖Book: Beauty and the Besharam
⭐️Rating: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✍🏼Author: Lillie Vale
📚Genre: Romance | LGBTQIA+(not a focus)
🗏 Pages: 400
💌Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine, Friends to lovers, Disney Inspired, Forced Proximity, Nick Names, Gender Swap Beauty and the Beast Inspired
⚠️TW: Grief, Biphobia, Child death Infidelity, Sexism, Bullying
Friends to lovers but add rivalry as courtship. Beauty and the Besharam is the grumpy/sunshine gender swap beauty and the beast-inspired retelling we all need this summer. From the sailor moon references to Taylor Swift, you will be in love with the 90s easter eggs in this one. Kavya is unapologetically a force to be wrenched with but has always been told she's too much. No wonder she thinks she's hard to love and not even worthy of said love. Step in, Ian, the childhood friend who has always just been a pain. You follow along as these characters work together being Disney characters at kids' parties. The tropes and references in this one are immense. I was dancing while creating this playlist. I did limit the Disney and Taylor Swift songs to a minimum…
Thanks to Colordpagetours, Penguin Teen, amd Lilly Vale for the copy of Beauty and the Besharam in exchange for my honest review
“We’re teaming up with ColoredPages and PenguinTeen to give away 5 (FIVE) finished copies of Beauty and the Besharam by Lillie Vale! Follow the link in the bio to enter this US ONLY giveaway! You must be 18 years or older, or have parental permission to share your address if you win. The giveaway ends on 22nd May at 11:59 EST.”
PRINT LENGTH PAGES
AVERAGE REVIEW RATING
HARDCOVER COST
E-BOOK COST
AUTHOR
Lillie Vale is the author of books for both teens and adults, including The Decoy Girlfriend, Beauty and the Besharam, The Shaadi Set-Up, and Small Town Hearts, an American Library Association’s 2020 Rainbow Books List selection. She writes about secrets and yearning, complicated and ambitious girls who know what they want, the places we call home and people we find our way back to, and the magic we make. Born in Mumbai, she grew up in Mississippi, Texas, and North Dakota, and now lives in an Indiana college town. Find her on Twitter @LillieLabyrinth and Instagram @labyrinthspine, or visit her website lillielabyrinth.com.
PENGIUN RANDOM HOUSE
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House is the international home to more than 300 editorially and creatively independent publishing imprints. Our mission is to ignite a universal passion for reading by creating books for everyone. We believe that books, and the stories and ideas they hold, have the unique capacity to connect us, change us, and carry us toward a better future for generations to come.
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