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3.85 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Beautiful, elegant, and so intriguing. This Sleeping Beauty Retelling had me hooked from the beginning. I love all things maleficent so this was right up my ally. Great detail and the twists were phenomenal. Well worth the read.


Favorite quote:
Kyan clears his throat. “I believe that’s called love, my King.”
“It’s terribly inconvenient.”

I didn't expect to like this as much as I did but honestly it was incredible. I am so glad I got this during Stuff Your Kindle Day!!

_sarah_b's review

3.5
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

liquoricericky's review

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mia_o's review

3.0
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark hopeful
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

An enjoyable and very spicy (my eyes bulged out of my head when Malec told Aura to step on his neck) Sleeping Beauty retelling with a gender-bent Maleficent as the MMC. The plot involves a lot of religious bigotry with two religions that are about the same level of difference between them as Catholics and Protestants. 

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adantona's review

4.0
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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sarah_king_reads's review

3.0
dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m not sure how I feel after reading this. I’m not sure I loved it; but I didn’t hate it. I enjoyed recognizing aspects of Sleeping Beauty throughout the story but some parts were just too cringe. Not the worst!

gillsar's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes