O Sweetest Song (Beauty and the Beast novel)
See also O Sweetest Song (disambiguation).
| Zine | |
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| Title: | O Sweetest Song |
| Publisher: | Dominion Press |
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| Author(s): | Carolyn Kleinsorge |
| Cover Artist(s): | |
| Illustrator(s): | Mary Ellen Nicosia |
| Date(s): | June 1992 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Genre: | |
| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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O Sweetest Song is a het 294-page Beauty and the Beast (TV) novel by Carolyn Kleinsorge. The art is by Mary Ellen Nicosia.
Part of a Series
"To My Readers"
From the zine:
With "O Sweetest Song' I end what I began so very long ago: my version of what happened after the episode "Invictus". This was the cruelest book of all, for it brought me face to face again, with the demons of the third season.
In "...Shall Have No Dominion," I began my tale by bringing Catherine back to her beloved Vincent. That was all I wanted to do. You, my readers, however, had other plans for me.
You kept asking me: "what happens next" so in The Next Waltz I asked this same question to the people of the Tunnels. Their acceptance of Catherine, her marriage to Vincent, and the beginning of their life together Below, began in this second book. As did the "becoming" spoken of by Narcissa.
In "O Sweetest Song' the time of "becoming" is past and the dream I first envisioned for Vincent and Catherine comes to fulfillment. With this book I try to give everyone, not just Vincent and Catherine, the "happy life" they certainly deserve. It was a difficult and sometimes very painful task, and the research sometimes got me down. For there is certainly nothing more depressing to someone who loves Vincent and Catherine than watching the third season again and again. But it was certainly necessary if I was to even try and resolve certain unanswered questions and repair the broken lives and hearts of these characters.
However, "O Sweetest Song' is the last book - the final book, of my Beauty and The Beast trilogy. I hope it fulfills your dreams and makes you happy. That's all a writer can hope for.
For those of you who are now considering throwing this book across the room (something suggested by one of the fans who truly loves my writing), I would like to suggest that instead you look for me in Waldenbooks or B. Dalton in the coming years. If all goes as planned, some of Vincent and Catherine's previous lives together (only you and I will know that, though) will be showing up as historical romance novels in your local bookstores.
Please wish me well.
Sample Interior
Reactions and Reviews
Followup to Shall Have No Dominion 1-2... Previously in the series, C has returned to V as a ghost who becomes progressively more solid. By the beginning of this novel, she's indistinguishable from an ordinary woman. The story begins with C/V's wedding. They then plan the conception of another child, with which C is pregnant through most of the balance of the zine.Disturbing V/C's otherwise uniform marital bliss, Jenny's clairvoyant dreams of C's being alive, revealed to Joe, mean that Joe now poses a threat to the tunnels in his determination to find out what happened to C and her child. This problem is addressed, first, by introducing Jenny to the tunnels, then taking the risk of trusting Joe. Many instances of V/C's rapturous, unconflicted lovemaking. Subplots deal with Elliot and Mouse, with hints of romance between Elliot and Jenny. V/C settle down to their “happily ever after” in the story's resolution.
In an afterword, the author, a pro romance writer, indicates that this is the final volume in the series.
Mary Ellen Nicosia's artwork is characteristically handsome and often erotic, with some sidal nudity. [1]