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Childrens, Teen & Young Adult, Teen & Young Adult Fiction

A Beautiful Evil: Exclusive Edition

Bea Fitzgerald (author)

Paperback Published on: 16/04/2026

£9.99

32 reviews

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Another Excellent Retelling!

Bea Fitzgerald has an incredible ability to breathe fresh life into the Greek myths we have heard so many times. The world is so vibrantly imagined, and th... READ MORE

Cerys at St Albans at Hemel Hempstead

Another hit!!!

When the capricious and vein gods crafted Pandora - the first human woman to grace the earth - they made her for one very simple purpose: to love and be lo... READ MORE

Dan - Clifton, Bristol.

Fitzgerald is a gem within both the Mythological retelling field, and the YA fiction space.

When I first read Bea Fitzgerald’s Girl Goddess Queen, I had no idea how divine her skill with the pen would prove to be. Cut to now where I was desperate ... READ MORE

Ella-Mae at Lewes at Lewes, Sussex

Grumpy sunshine romance meets Greek mythology!

I am a massive fan of Bea Fitzgerald and her Greek mythology retellings, they always feel so unique and original. This was one was no exception. This is... READ MORE

Liliana at Staines at Staines

Bea Fitzgerald has done it again!

Bea never fails to make the ancient Greek mythology something we in the modern day can understand and appreciate and this recent instalment is no different... READ MORE

Molly Hansen at Cambridge

Another wonderful mythology retelling

Another wonderful mythology retelling from Bea Fitzgerald. A Beautiful Evil follows the tale of Pandora. A woman moulded and created by the Gods themse... READ MORE

Roberta at Altrincham at Altrincham

A new favourite mythology rewrite

The way Bea writes mythology is my favourite thing ever. Mythology rewrites can sometimes be quite a debated field and staying “true” to the source materia... READ MORE

Amy R at Cambridge at Cambridge

A stunning, inclusive retelling of Pandora’s story

A Beautiful Evil is a unique twist on the myth of Pandora’s Box (or Jar) that skilfully blends romance, feminism, and identity into a truly great retelling... READ MORE

Liberty at Richmond at Windsor

greek mythology for the feminine gaze

Inspired by the Greek myth of the first human woman, A Beautiful Evil explores themes of strength, defiance, and love through a uniquely feminine gaze. Pan... READ MORE

Lisa at Chester

A joy to read

What an absolute treat of a book! I love Bea Fitzgerald's writing, her protagonists are so interesting and her banter is perfection. Pandora is the myth... READ MORE

Emily M at Cambridge

A creative retelling of Pandora and her cursed box!

Oh, how I do so love Bea Fitzgerald's writing! Her words take you away to another realm, and they're so easy to get lost in! I was entranced by the premise... READ MORE

Joanna at St. Neots at St. Neots

Bea Fitzgerald come to the front!!!

This was my first Bea Fitzgerald, and I was not disappointed! This is a retelling of Pandora's Jar and going into this book I knew nothing about the myt... READ MORE

Loren at Windsor at Hemel Hempstead

Life and Love to the Fullest

Bea Fitzgerald’s books have been the perfect reads for my Greek mythology interests this year and A Beautiful Evil is just as spectacular as the rest of th... READ MORE

Jodie L at Bath

Another amazing book!

I say I'm done with Greek myth retellings and then Bea Fitzgerald brings out another book and I fall in love all over again. Pandora was such a good story ... READ MORE

Libby Low

Synopsis

The eagerly anticipated new YA Greek myth re-imagining from Bea Fitzgerald, TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen.

Pandora is the first human woman – made by the gods on Olympus for one simple purpose: to love and be loved by her new husband, the titan Epimatheos.

The only problem? He wants nothing to do with her.

Hurt and confused, Pandora struggles to find meaning in her new life. What's the point of being given all these gifts by the gods, if she can't get this infuriating, awful, frankly very rude man (with an admittedly quite nice face) to love her? Maybe she's failing at her life’s purpose. Or maybe she's destined for an entirely different one...?

As Pandora and Matheos work to uncover why she was created, that fated connection between them feels increasingly difficult to ignore. And with that comes terrible risk. Because Matheos’s traitorous brother, Prometheus, is a seer – and before the gods captured him he issued a final warning: that Pandora and Matheos’s love will be humanity’s doom.

So...what do you do when faced with an all-powerful love...that just happens to threaten the end of the world?

Pandora’s about to find out.

A glorious sunshine/grumpy romantic re-imagining of the Pandora myth, from the bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen and The End Crowns All.

Publisher information

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780241838211
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 30 mm
Interest age: From 13 years
Weight: 624g
Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Beautifully written

This book is beautifully written - Pandora tells her story from her creation by the gods, to being gifted to Epimatheos, and on as she tries to work out wh... READ MORE

@reading.with.rara

A refreshing take on a Greek myth classic.

I really enjoyed this book. I’m a huge fan of Greek mythology and thought this book brought a very fresh take to the story of Pandora. This is a reimaginin... READ MORE

Ellen Knowles

Warms my autistic heart

Caught my self smiling alot reading this book. Reading an autistic coded character and never naming it. Warmed my autistic heart. She captured what it's ... READ MORE

alexandria chessman-tait

Mythology retelling

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House for sending me this ARC. Bea Fitzgerald has become one of my auto-buy authors, and I adore her mythology... READ MORE

Mollie Doughty-Singh

A great read!

Thank you to Penguin/NetGalley for this ARC. As someone who loved Bea Fitgerald's previous Greek mythology retellings, Girl Goddess Queen and The Crown ... READ MORE

Lauren Shepherd

10/10 no notes

This book is a stunning & memorable retelling of Pandora’s box, filled with a grumpy x sunshine romance that’s full of witty banter & delicious yearning. I... READ MORE

Daniellespurrrfectreads

Fantastic stuff

Thank you netgalley for an arc copy of this :) spoilers ahead! I'm an avid fan of Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen was a five star read for me last ... READ MORE

Tiffany Smith

An instant classic!

The undisputed queen of feminist YA, Bea Fitzgerald has once again delivered a myth retelling that is sure to become an instant classic. A Beautiful Ev... READ MORE

Batya’s Books

Heart-wrenching, tender and beautiful

In A Beautiful Evil, Bea Fitzgerald delivers a heart-wrenching, tender and beautiful reexamination of a tale you may think you know. Fitzgerald has suc... READ MORE

Emily (ashortbooklover)

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Perfection

*I received an ARC via Netgalley* I fear I will never stop talking about this book. As soon as I saw 'a re-imagining of the Greek myth Pandora' I knew thi... READ MORE

Lindseyreadssalot

Brilliant feminist myth retelling with neurodivergent representation!

The undisputed queen of feminist YA, Bea Fitzgerald has once again delivered a myth retelling that is sure to become an instant classic. A Beautiful Evil ... READ MORE

Batya’s Books

Such a great read!

Thank you to Penguin Random House and Netgalley for this ARC! I love a myth retelling, and this one was just masterful! I absolutely loved Pandora and h... READ MORE

Catarina Alves

Mythical grumpy vs sunshine

I haven’t read much Greek mythological retelling, but after reading Girl, Goddess, Queen I knew I had to read more! Loved Pandora as she explores the meani... READ MORE

Sakura Herrington

Another excellent retelling

What a beautifully written book! I admit I know little about Pandora, so that may be why I felt a little lost a few times. I felt like the boom dragged a ... READ MORE

Jade Whitlock

Beautifully done

Oh my goodness, I loved this! I was thrilled when I got the ARC of this book because I LOVE Bea Fitzgerald’s writing and I adored Girl, Goddess, Queen. If... READ MORE

Charlotte Chrimes

I loved this

This was such an amazing book, Pandora has such unwavering optimism, the slow relationship change between her and Epimatheos was so well done and as an aut... READ MORE

Molly Pitcairn

3.5 a lovely story but a bit mature for the target audience?

3.5 Stars This Book is marketed as Young Adult - and I’m sure why, because it didn’t feel YA to me at all. I’d class it as New Adult / Adult low fantasy—ro... READ MORE

Denise R

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Bea is a literal goddess herself.

Bea Fitzgerald has done it again. I absolutely adore her writing style and the way she breathes new life into Greek mythology while still making the sto... READ MORE

Kyra Walshaw