This week features the most awkward intro we've ever recorded (sorry in advance), and Jordan's frustration with Curses by Lish McBridge. Well written, interesting secondary characters, all wrapped up in a reverse Beauty in the Beast retelling: what's not to love? Well, for Jordan, a plot mechanism that lets the love interest see the heroine with the cursed lifted for a few hours (Gasp! She's actually beautiful? Now I can for sure love her!)
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43207851
If you're looking for something similar but with Jordan's stamp of approval, try:
Thorn by Intisar Khanani
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51265989
Beauty by Robin McKinley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41424.Beauty
Two Monarchies Sequence by W.R. Gingell
https://www.goodreads.com/series/176076-two-monarchies-sequence
