Disney Princess: Belle and the Rose Riddle

By: Disney Press, Juliana Schiavo

Narrated by: Jeff Bennett, Piotr Michael, Julie Nathanson, full cast

Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Belle lives in a beautiful castle with a Beast and Enchanted Objects that have come to life. But that isn’t the strangest thing about the castle. Rose petals and leaves have begun to mysteriously appear in random places, leading Belle and her companions Cogsworth the clock and Lumiere the candelabra on a hunt for an intruder.

Time is of the essence in this Audible Original tale based on Disney Beauty and the Beast because Cogsworth is ticking slower, and his winding key has vanished into thin air. Has the intruder taken it, and if so, for what purposed? Belle and her friends are on the case in this cozy mystery sure to thrill listeners young and old.

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Tale as old as time, no really it’s the same

I know I’m an adult listening to this but for me it was a miss. The story was less about what was going on and more about making sure all the characters stopped to give long monologues about appreciating one another and how “appearances can be deceiving”. If they said they once they said it over a dozen times, not to mention really driving home the “beauty is on the inside” message. Yes we know this is Belle from Beauty and the Beast and that’s the main message of that film but you don’t have to keep mentioning it, nor have weird nonsensical monologues to try and make that point come across. Even for kids I think this wouldn’t have been as fun because of all the characters just talking about how awful they are to one another and then apologizing and explaining each others good points, the over-affirmation was strange. Just them stopping every so often to say “I think you’re wonderful”, “no you’re the one who’s truly wonderful” was a bit much. Also we don’t need the multiple explanations of how Belle is really coming to be ok with everything that happened to bring her to the castle now and the other characters want her to fall for the Beast. We saw the film, we know the Beast locked her up and it takes awhile for them to become friends and fall in love. Don’t need to keep having her say “I think he’s pretty nice once you get to know him” while at the same time they’re all avoiding waking him the whole story, that’s a bit contradictory. The performances were ok, although I think the voice for Belle sounded more like Snow White and was too chipper the whole way through. Sounded like when you’d see Belle at a Disney park and not the Belle of the film. Cogsworth was probably the closest voice-wise. Overall just a Disney tale that tried a bit too hard to teach life lessons that had already been taught in the first film and should’ve just focused on the fun.

Fun Mystery for the Family

Loved this sneak peek into what else happened while Belle stayed with Beast. This mystery features Belle, Lumiere and Cogsworth trying to find a castle intruder and ascertain their motives for wrecking the castle. The surprise and heartfelt ending delighted my family. Highly recommend.

The creativity

The story sparked my imagination I can imagine what the characters were thinking and feeling

Well done

I have the 2 Disney animated stories - and this audio of a possible 3rd was delightful!!
It was interesting, it moved - never felt it dragged on - and loved the conclusion.
It would be fun to see this story animated now.

I recommend this for all ages who like the Beauty and the Beast stories.

Great mystery!

This is a great mystery for any fans of Beauty and the Beast! It's so fun to be back in this world with all the characters. More Disney please!

Great Addition Story

Great mystery and very cute addition to the Beauty and the Beast world. I listened to it over several nights and the cliff hangers at the end of each chapter were great.

Easy to follow

Listening to it was like watching the movie. The voices of the characters were spot on.