The release date for the English version of 'Rose Daughter' by
Robin McKinley is Dec 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Beast claims that it is the center of this place and that it is dying. It's true that leafless brown rosebushes abound in the midst of the Beast's castle, the sparkling glasshouse that offers Beauty solace and joy in her weird new surroundings. But fresh life, both delicate and powerful, is going to emerge from deep inside this magical realm.
Twenty years before, people were mesmerized by the strength of Robin McKinley's book Beauty. Now, with a new viewpoint, inventiveness, and mature insight, this very talented author tackles the tale of Beauty and the Beast. Rose Daughter is her best and most personal work to date; it is an engrossing, vividly depicted, and eerie examination of the transformational potential of love.