Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
From the back cover:
In an explosion of his own making, Lucius blew his arms off. Now he has hooks. He chose hooks because they were cheaper. He chose hooks because he wouldn't outgrow them as quickly. He chose hooks so that everyone would know he was different, so he would scare even himself.
Then he meets Aurora. The hooks don't scare her. They don't keep her away. In fact, they don't make a difference at all to her.
But to Lucius, they mean everything. They remind him of the beast he is inside. Perhaps Aurora is his Beauty, destined to set his soul free from its suffering.
Or maybe she's a girl who needs love just like he does.
Great modern day retelling of the beauty and the beast story. Told in alternating chapters, giving the reader an inside perspective on love, forgiveness and second chances and reminding us that beauty is so much more that what we see on the surface.
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