This is border-line picture book, because it has a lot of text. The pictures aren't particularly striking, either.
But -- Beauty and Beast transposed to late 19th century New York. A lot of details, the text is used to expand nicely. Curse never gets any sort of veneer of explanation, though.
Dimity Convictions: The American Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Barbara Welter
A collection of essays, ringing changes on the theme of the Cult of True Womanhood, the most influence being the essay on it. Covers such subjects as medical treatment and detective fiction. A bit cherry-picked in sources but the stuff covered did exist.
Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms written by Crystal Frasier and illustrated by Val Wise was super cute. Annie, an intellectual, has to join the cheerleading team to improve her college applications. Her childhood friend Beatrice helps her with that
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Weapon UwU Vol. 1: Godkillers by SJ Whitby was an absolutely amazing novel. It's a spin-off of Cute Mutants Vol. 4: The Sisterhood of Evil Mutants. There's a summary at the beginning, but I really recommend reading the main series first if you want to know who's who
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