I don't really agree with the other reviews. Beauty is the Beast is a sweet short story, though not incredibly complex and developed. At a few moments it did seem like nothing was really happening, and I don't get why the author included some arcs/focus on things that she didn't really use later, but most of it flows together with the author's direction. I particularly like Beauty is the Beast for not being as ridiculous and overwrought as other shojo. No excessive drama traps. The ending does sort of slow down, and I wouldn't call the author's "climax" a real climax, but it's was pretty clever. The finishing touch did confuse me for a while, but I attribute that to my slowness.

Art's average, characters are good. I just wish there was more development on the characters other than the main 3--the author does some small development for a few characters in the beginning, but seems to drop them as time goes on.

Overall, I found Beauty is the Beast most enjoyable for the direction the author took and the good humor.