By now everyone probably knows that Jeaniene Frost is my BFF, so I am very biased, but I loved this book.
A CURSE OF BEASTS AND MAGIC
Raine Stone is living a nightmare. Ever since she survived the attack that killed her family, she’s been hiding a terrible secret–and a Beast inside her.
It feeds on violence and chaos, but she restrains its urges by playing vigilante on the city streets. Until one night, Raine uses the Beast’s energy to heal an elderly gentleman from a seemingly random attack and discovers a new world of danger—literally.
Remington “Remy” Byrne knows the wall between a realm of deadly mythic creatures and our own world is very fragile. After all, he’s the Warden who guards the gateways between them. Raine’s Beast contains power that could tip the scales in a sinister plot against Remy’s rule—if she allies with him.
Will they be friends or foes…or will their dangerous attraction turn into something else? And can our world be saved by their explosive alliance?
At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
“Jeaniene Frost is Romantasy royalty!” J. R. Ward, #1 NY Times bestselling author
“A thrilling, sexy world.” Geneva Lee, NY Times bestselling author
“Unputdownable…A truly spectacular read!” Laura Thalassa, USA Today Bestselling author
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- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Fake Dating
- Morally Grey MMC
- Touch Her and D!e
- Portal Romantasy
- Spicy Scenes
This book is a modern fairytale.
The setting is lush and filled with magics, both large and small, from something like a model of a city where rivers flow upward to seeing that city in real life.
The hero is mysterious and inscrutable and is very clearly morally grey, although I’m not sure morally grey standard would even apply. Remington exists on the crossroads of magical realms. His interactions with regular people are limited. His primary concern is keeping everybody else from killing each other. Somewhere between the dragons and the fae, he forgot how to human a little bit.
But what I really liked the best is Raine. All of us harbor a part of ourselves that we don’t particularly like. Occasionally it rears us and jams a random thought into you head that makes you pause and think, “This was mean and petty. This is not me.” No matter how hard we work on it, we can never get rid of it. We can only suppress it.
Raine carries literal monster inside of herself and so much of her has been devoted to containing it. This is a woman who turned her body into a prison and thought for years that this is a burden she had to shoulder alone. Then along comes Remington and opens the world of possibilities she couldn’t have even imagined. She is so out of her depth, but she is a survivor, and she’s learning to swim in those dangerous magic currents. I have a feeling (more than a feeling, as I have read the second one) that Raine will soon come into her own.
So, pick it up for the scorching romance and magic realms, and stay for a woman who will not be anyone’s pushover.
As with all Jeaniene Frost’s books, romance is strong with this one. The spice is there and it is open door. She is also going on tour. If you are so inclined, you can see us together in Columbus this summer.
May 26th, 6:30pm
Barnes and Noble Arboretum
Charlotte, NC
In conversation with author Alyssa Dar for the launch event of A CURSE OF BEASTS AND MAGIC
Event details here.
June 7th, 2026
The American Writers Festival
Chicago, IL
Sunday 11:00am Panel and signing at Chicago Public Library
Panelists: Naima Simone, Alexis Saarela, Jeaniene Frost. Moderator: Sara Benincasa
Event details here.
June 13th, 12pm
Barnes and Noble Magnolia Mall
Florence, SC
Signing with Jeaniene Frost, Melissa Marr, and Alyssa Day
Event details here.
June 20th, 2pm
San Marco Books and More
Jacksonville, FL
Signing with Alyssa Day, Jade Presley, and Jeaniene Frost
Event details here.
July 11th thru 12th
Columbus Book Festival
Columbus, OH
Saturday: 10am, SPEED MATCHING, followed by a signing.
Saturday: 1pm, SPIRITS, SPELLS, & SWOONS panel, followed by a signing.
Sunday: 12pm: THE BEAST INSIDE panel, followed by a signing.
Event details here.
Yay Jeaniene Frost!
First?
oh I was so close!!
I was kind of stalking the blog since Ilona said she had a post to post Friday. You were on my neck!!!!
me too- always eagerly aw**ting any new text from House Andrews.
I love the concept of this book but I am not so interested in the spice. Suppose it is just as good for a reader who skips the naked times? Lol
Just finished the book. There were only two spicy times and would be easy to skip without losing anything in the story. All of the pull and relationship happens outside of those two times. Much less spicy than her Hunter books.
The book was great, btw. Except for that cliff we ended on. ; )
Are cliffs the new thing? This Kingdom (which I’m rereading for the fifth time) also ends in a cliffhanger…
Thank you for the info!
I also like to skip the spicy scenes, but some books are now so heavy on the romance, that there nearly isn’t a plot to read…
You can skip the spice if that’s not your thing. It won’t affect the overall story 🙂
Wow thank you so much for replying personally!
I’ll definitely check it out 😍
Congrats!!
I’ve been looking forward to this one! Going to start it next. 😁
I can’t speak about this book, but from her previous ones, I think you’d be ok. They are full of characters and plot and I think you’d still enjoy it, even if you skipped some pages.
My grandma told me that on some books she skipped a page and some most of a chapter (she didn’t like smut), but she could still enjoy the books. Jeaniene’s books (at least to me, the ones that I’ve read), are more than just the bedroom scenes. It’s not like you read them solely for smut, if that makes sense. 🤷♀️
Darn it! This was supposed to be a reply to Amanda! 🤦♀️
I read a lot of books with smut that are still good books. I skip a good bit not because it is smut but it is very repetitive smut. They are kind of been there done that already
+1
Happy Book Birthday! I was so excited this morning when Libby lent me the audio! I will be diving in this weekend!
Ditto! On the wait list for the ebook (2 weeks) but audio popped right up as ready to borrow.
My library’s wait for the ebook is “months”, which suggests they’ll be getting another copy soon.
Happy Book Birthday!
I picked it up early and with the holiday weekend I’m at the 75% mark as of when i made my husband put it in a different room last night so I could sleep.
I love a good fairy tale retelling and this one is wonderful.
So flattered by this! Hope you got some sleep, and that you liked the rest of the book, too!
Happy Book Birthday Jeanine Frost! Excited to read this.
I started reading it on Kindle and then the preview was over.
Now, I have to wait two more days until the EU Version is out.
It is so good.🤗
Looks like mid-september release for Australia
*pops up* Thank you for letting me know! I was hoping it would come out in Australia this month like the UK edition did. Sorry it’s a longer wait, but I hope you love it when you finally get it!
I bought it from Blackwells in the Uk as they do free shipping to Auatralia. I couldn’t wait 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yay! More books for the Horde to devour!
Ilona, I have your recommendations to thank for my becoming a Jeaniene Frost fan, and she is now on my very short list of authors who I preorder as soon as the preorder is available! I ordered this ebook back in December so I could start reading it right away when it drops, and then ordered the hard cover because it’s just so pretty! 😍💕💕💕
Thank you Thank you Thank you for your recommendation, and Happy Book Birthday to Jeaniene!
Just grabbed the audiobook and ebook. Perfect timing since I was out of things to read.
Nom nom nom fresh book!
Does anyone have any recommendation about what is a good entry point forJeaniene Frost? She seems really funny when she’s featured on the blog so I’d like to try reading her but she has a lot of books! Would fans recommend this for a first one or try something else first? I favour humour over angst if that helps.
You will get many wonderful suggestions, I just wanted to be sure you had the official reading order as well 🙂 – from the author’s own website https://www.jeanienefrost.com/reading-order/
Hi Morag, I started with Halfway to the Grave. That’s the beginning of the main series and from what I can tell her other books (other than A Curse of Beasts and Magic) are spin offs of this series. I haven’t read everything by Jeanine Frost yet including her newest book which I now have on hold on Overdrive.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks to Mod R for providing the Reading List link, but A CURSE OF BEASTS AND MAGIC is a good starting point because it’s a brand-new world and the first in a new series, so you have nothing to catch up on. It’s also in Kindle Unlimited if you have that, so you can try it for free. I’m biased, but I think all my books have more humor than angst, although the humor might skew a little dark. I have a bit of a twisted sense of humor myself :).
I love your books Jeaniene and had this one on pre-order. It was delivered the day of my son’s graduation 😊😊
I haven’t gotten around to start it because I’ve been so tired, but it’s my next read (actually haven’t read anything since TKWNKM) so you’re in good company 😁
I wish I could come to see you in Jacksonville, but my husband declined to do the 3 hours drive with me 😒.
BTW, I will be advocating for a Graphic Audio rendition of the Night Prince, I have all of Cat’s books on GA and would love to have Vlad’s too!
Thank you for sharing your world with us!
What fun! Many congrats to Jeaniene!
Jeaniene Frost is an author always on my “Need to read right now!” list.
Thank you so much for the heads up! I neede something new to read. Got and will get busy sitting and reading
I just got back from my local B & N with my copy of “A Curse of Beasts and Magic” – got the last one they had in stock!! I called ahead, so it was on hold at the cashiers desk. Happy Birthday to the book, and Happy Birthday to me!! 📘🎉🥳🎂💖
Just came back from B&N, met with Jeaniene Frost and Alyssa Day! What a wonderful experience, very informative conversation. Excited to read A Curse of Beasts and Magic. The artwork is gorgeous. House Andrews received honorable mentions🥰. Just love this community of authors, the support for each other is inspirational.
Ohh thanks for the reminder. Just bought it from Bookshop. So glad it’s DRM free since that makes it easy to transfer to different reading apps.
I just bought the audio for A Curse of Beasts and Magic, it’s next on my list. Jeaniene Frost’s books are always so good!
My copy gets delivered tomorrow! I can’t wait to read it!
I’m just past halfway through and so loving this new world! I live Jeaniene’s books so have been excited to read this one! I’m so not disappointed! It’s thrilling!
Ugh love, not live…that would be scary!
Yay new book!!! and recommened by you too! This one kept showing up on my book suggestions to pre-order, sounds good so it was already on my radar! nevermind that my TBD ( “to be devoured”) book pile has spilled off the bedside table and is as high as the ceiling by now, there’s always room for more!! *is happy to be so well fed* .. er I mean well read! 😁📚
Just finished. Can’t w**t for more!
I was able to get an ARC of this book, and I DEVOURED it. ait was so good! I highly recommend! Plus, I will be seeing her in June, in Jax!
I got lost in this book; when I I looked to see if I was in chapter three or four…I was in chapter NINE! I highly, highly recommend this book!! Well done, Jeaniene, very well done.
I LOVE that Raine looks so strong in the included art! Her limbs look full, not frail. It is very exciting to see this different body type represented.
It sounds interesting, you sold it to me!
However, when I googled it and went to a german store, the ebook costs 20 €, which is about 22,40 $. That’s too much for me. I might still get to read it at some point, or just go for the paperback, which for some reason is cheaper (18 €).
I’m not really complaining, and I know its not a book of HA, but I really wonder what happened here?
The ebook is only 15 $ on Amazon.com, more than 5 $ less than on german Amazon (still the english version). I also don’t understand why the ebook would be more expensive than the paperback. Would be interesting who’s chosen the prices here and what the reasoning for that was.
Retailer in general and Amazon in particular set their own prices 🙂
Just a reminder that the ebook is available on Kindle Unlimited.
It is worth checking as well that you are not looking at a private seller entry, those are usually very hiked – the book is around £16/17 for me in the UK, which would be closer to 18 Euros.
As far as I know, publisher/authors can set the price for ebooks.
Sadly it is not on Kindle Unlimited in Germany.
It is the first English edition book I have seen, where it is priced significant higher. 12,87€ -> 19,30€
Ilona Andrews and many other books are always fairly priced, oftentimes better because of favorable exchange rates, even with VAT included.
I also wondered what happened and wrote Jeaniene Frost. But I think an answer will take some time, because of the ongoing release.
P.S. I didn’t see where you wrote to me about this? But, if you messaged me on one of my socials, yes, it can take a while for me to reply that way because I am getting a bunch of messages right now. Glad I saw this here!
Hi! You mentioned a German store, so I wanted to let you know that it is coming out in Germany in July under the title Beautiful and Beastly. Here is some information from my German publisher: https://www.piper.de/buecher/beautiful-and-beastly-isbn-978-3-492-71171-5
From their page, the ebook is listed at $15 and the paperback is at $18. Hope this is helpful, and thanks so much!
Hey I’m also from Germany and I just bought the ebook (in English) – for 3,49€.
But I saw that there are two kindle books with two different prices in Amazon?
I’ll send Jeaniene an email
Jeaniene Frost is an amazing author. Her characters are nuanced and interesting. I love her sly humor and she does an excellent job in her world building. I love the Night Huntress series but Vlad in the spinoff really won me over. All her books are definitely worth checking out! Almost done with this one and loving it so far. Stayed up way too late with it.
So.. Any chance at getting a Jeaniene Frost & House Andrews Q&A on Teams? I’d love to ask a few questions and could listen to Ilona, Gordon, and Jeaniene talk all day.
Thank you so much, House Andrews, for the lovely write-up. And thank you, BDH, for such warm release day wishes! I hope those of you who try A CURSE OF BEASTS AND MAGIC love it. And, like all of you, I am not-so-patiently w*iting for the next Maggie The Undying book 🙂
THANK YOU! I can get to the one in my home town! No AuthorLords 😥. but Ms Frost’s book sounds great!
Bought the book (Kindle edition) and devoured it in one long afternoon.
SO good… why is it over????
Great series. Thx for the rec.