Saw this review and thought, "oh, she's read Sheri Tepper's Beauty; wonder what she thought of it --" then realized this was Robin McKinley's Beauty. I'm pretty sure I haven't read this one, though I like McKinley's work in general, especially Sunshine.

(The bones of the source story, I mean.)

Oh, now that makes me want to spin twenty versions of the source story to see if there's one that would content you. *grin*