Like the other two books of the series Beauty's Punishment puts an very erotic spin on the old fairy tale. This series was my first time reading litterature on this particular area of sexual fantasy but it was so enthralling that I couldn't put the books down once I was drawn into the world of Beauty.
The naughty princes and princesses get punished by their disobedience and get sent to the village.
Beauty is not sure at the time why she chooses to run, but through the book we see her realize that this is what she craved. She was a sleep for a very long time and now she wants to experience it all.
She feels passionate about taking orders and realizes that what made it harder for her before was the idea of herself being a princess, now that she is nothing more than a slave she can accept the punishments and enjoy the pleasure freely, because in the village she is just a slave.
She is not looking for love, her soul is only hers.
Now tristan is another matter, he felt for his master, and finds in him the ultimate obedience from within. He realizes that his problem was having a bad master and now he is where he wanted to be all along.