Author: Stacey Jay
Genre: fantasy
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Rating:
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| Exactly what I had hoped it would be |
Summary: As a child Princess Aurora, daughter of Sleeping Beauty, was fairy blessed with courage and strength but cursed with the complete obedience of any man she ever kissed. Now a teen, Aurora must use all of her blessings on a quest to save her brother and her kingdom from the machinations of the ogre queen who has taken over the land. Disguised as a boy she enlists the help of the cursed Prince Niklaas to raise an army and stop the plot to fulfill an ancient prophecy.
My opinion: This is exactly what a retelling should be. It has mined source material from three or four fairy tales and used that to create an entirely new original story. Aurora is a delightfully flawed character who unnecessarily complicates her own situation. It's a complex mythology with a lot of plot complications that make for a pretty thrilling read. While some of the relationships are predictable, the quality of the plot more than makes up for that minor failing.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley.
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