omg i love it so far -claps like a valley girl- lol

This story was nice, but not one of my favorites. It started out with a great beginning, and kept on being great until towards the middle. I didn't like the amnesia thing or the whole part with the castle and the princesses and the doctor much at all. I kept wanting to just skim through it. I became happier when the story looked like it was going to resolve itself, but I really think that I would have preferred a swift and completely happy ending. The conflict added after the point where it should have ended wasn't good. It didn't allow for that pleased and satisfied, happy feeling I am filled with when I have just finished reading a really good book.

I suppose I just didn't like the directions the plot turned. It would have been nicer if it had been more neat and compact - I think there is a limit to how many little plot twists should be added to a well-loved fairy tale.

However, despite all that I did enjoy much of my time reading this. (Even if my enjoyment was mainly toward the beginning.) You're a very skilled writer! You manage well to get your message across and make it interesting to the reader. I wouldn't have read through this entire story if the actual writing had been otherwise!

So all in all, good job. The story could be much improved, but it was generally well done. Keep writing! With some practice you'll be on your way towards becoming a great storyteller.

Yay! This is happening finally!

Hm, I'm not liking this part of the story so much. It's a little boring, and I want to get to the more exciting stuff I want to happen soon. This in-between part would probably be more interesting if it were more or mainly from the Beast's perspective.

Lost her memory? That's exasperating! Oh, well. I just hope she hurries up and regains it soon.

I didn't like this chapter so much. One thing I've liked alot about this story is the fact that you haven't excluded God from it, as so many fantasy stories do. But this chapter seemed out of place with that, since Christ or anything at all religious was kept out of Christmas. And then there were the modern Christmas traditions, like decorating an evergreen, that weren't really developed until long after the time of most fairy tales.

It's okay though - It's fiction! What you say goes in your universe! Haha.

Nice chapter. I don't really like the beast yet, but I suppose that's the point! He has to turn good later on.

Oh, I thought I'd point out to you that when the Beast says, "make due" it ought to be "make do". I thought that would help.

And the song you're referring to at the end is from My Fair Lady, of course! Sung by Audrey Hepburn! I'm sure loads of people have already responded to that already, though. Haha.

I'm still really enjoying this! And I see lots of opportunities for the story with Cecilia being blind. Have you ever read Robin Mckinley's Beauty and the Beast retellings? She's written two of them, and I like them both a lot. Cecilia's dreams with the door reminds me a lot of one of them - though I can't remember which!

This is such a good story! I love fairytale retellings, and Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairytale of all. I adore the way you're telling it, from what I've read so far. It seems just right! I can't wait to finish this later. For now, I'll bookmark this story for tomorrow!

I read through this whole story in one sitting...what a fun story :-D. I really want to know what happened to Bastian? And was Tristan really his father or not? I guess I'm one of those people who like happy endings for everyone :-D. Thanks for the fun read!

A happy ending! For everyone but Bastien--I feel sorry for him, even though he did lie and was pretty selfish . . .
Well, just wanted to leave a note at the end, saying one more time that I enjoyed the story! Thanks for writing it :)
~SCR

In response to your Author's Note, it didn't really seem like that different of a style--it was easy enough to read.

I'm liking the new characters--the Doctor seems like an honest man, who I am sure will help Cece out, as long as Bastien doesn't prevent him.

I'm still enjoying the story! It'll be interesting to see where it ends with the love triangle--though I have a hunch you'll follow the traditional story ;)
~SCR

Yay, finally getting into the actual "Beauty and the Beast" part :)

I am continuing to enjoy this story, your writing is clear and easy to understand.

Interesting that she can see when inside the castle--you expressed her surprise at seeing pretty well, but, if you ever felt like revising this for some reason, you could perhaps draw it out even more--like focus more on her reveling in certain colors, or the way the light plays over the garden gates--maybe something about actually seeing surprised her, which she hadn't experienced before in her dreams. Just a thought, no need to pay it much mind if you don't want to.

I'm just about out of time for reading at this moment--but I will definitely continue reading later on!
~SCR

And now the prince's son makes an appearance--very intriguing! I enjoyed this chapter a lot--I'm sorry I'm not being a very helpful reviewer.
Although I did catch a couple of typos! In the second section, with the prince's point of view, you once have "the" instead of "then" (second paragraph) and "the" instead of "they" in the sixth. Yup, I know that's very nit-picky, but the rest of the story is so well written I couldn't ignore the typos ;)
~SCR

I'm reading this off and on throughout the day, so you'll probably get a few more random comments from me.

For this chapter, I wanted to say nice job with the descriptions at the beginning, in the dream sequence. It is interesting that she can see in her dreams, even though she was born blind--makes me suspect some sort of magic :)

Good transition, with the spanning of many years. That's a difficult thing to do.

The chapter was enjoyable--I always like a little glimpse into the ordinary life of the main character before the unusual events begin!

~SCR