Title: Black Beast
Fandom: Magnificent 7
Pairing: Ezra/Chris
Categories: AU, Kids, Romance, Suspense
Length: Epic (43,000)
Warnings: n/a


Author on LJ: n/a
Website: http://www.setchetiscampfire.net/

Summary: This is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast in the spirit of the original Brothers Grimm tales, which were very unlike the sanitized retellings released by Disney.


Review:I can’t second Setcheti’s comment about this not being the Disneyesk version of Beauty and the Beast enough. Don’t expect to see any overly intelligent animals, snubbed fairies, or talking household items.

Ezra(Beauty) is the middle of Josiah’s five sons and is often treated as an outsider due to the fact that he broke his father’s commandment to never duel. While his father accepted him back into the family neither his father(Josiah) or his brother(Nathan) trust him. Despite this Ezra would do anything for his family, even trade himself for his father when the Beast offers to let one of Josiah’s son’s take his place of servitude.

Setcheti does a marvelous job bringing this fairytale to life in a completely new way. I’m particularly impressed by how she takes the pieces of the sevens’ personalities and weaves them into the fairytale world’s mythology and culture to make a cohesive whole.


Black Beast