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3.82 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
relaxing
tense
medium-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
Update March 9 2025. So I reread this again as I was bothered that I dnf'ed this despite Sleeping Beauty was one of my favorite films. I still adore Phillip's pov but this was kinda a weak entry into the series. It didn't have the same hold with Prince of Song & Sea. While there's no chance that there would be an audiobook. I'm glad I trudge through this. I'll be more selective upon future installments from this series
Prince of Thorns and Nightmares is the second book in the Disney Princes series that retells these classic Disney stories from the prince’s point of view. This time if follows Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty. Since he was a child, Prince Phillip has known he will marry Princess Aurora and become her protector from Maleficent. Now as time grows nearer to the fulfillment day of Maleficent’s curse on Aurora, Phillip is approached by three fairies who tell him of a way to defeat Maleficent once and for all. And doing so may just be exactly what Phillip needs to take his future into his own hands as a different girl is in his dreams every night.
I wanted to like this book, but I just could not. I had issues with both the story and characterization. Prince Phillip just came across so intractable and stubborn as he makes things difficult for everyone. I just did not find him all that likable.
As for the story, it was overly convoluted and doesn’t really make much sense. The story was constrained by what the Disney movie portrayed as it had to be faithful to that. I don’t think the way the story was written really tied in all that well, so some of the sequences that are directly lifted from the movie came off as nonsensical (like that part where Prince Phillip dances with his father after he says he has met the woman he will marry). I also didn’t much care for the dream sequences with the anonymous girl Briar Rose (hate that name) as well as the three fairies storyline. So I pretty much didn’t like all added parts to the main story.
I just think the author made strange choices on how she interpreted the “Once Upon a Dream” song and used that as her centerpiece to tell Phillip’s story then embellished it with even weirder choices with the Sword of Truth and Shield of Virtue storyline with the three fairies.
Prince of Thorns and Nightmares just didn’t work for me unfortunately.
I wanted to like this book, but I just could not. I had issues with both the story and characterization. Prince Phillip just came across so intractable and stubborn as he makes things difficult for everyone. I just did not find him all that likable.
As for the story, it was overly convoluted and doesn’t really make much sense. The story was constrained by what the Disney movie portrayed as it had to be faithful to that. I don’t think the way the story was written really tied in all that well, so some of the sequences that are directly lifted from the movie came off as nonsensical (like that part where Prince Phillip dances with his father after he says he has met the woman he will marry). I also didn’t much care for the dream sequences with the anonymous girl Briar Rose (hate that name) as well as the three fairies storyline. So I pretty much didn’t like all added parts to the main story.
I just think the author made strange choices on how she interpreted the “Once Upon a Dream” song and used that as her centerpiece to tell Phillip’s story then embellished it with even weirder choices with the Sword of Truth and Shield of Virtue storyline with the three fairies.
Prince of Thorns and Nightmares just didn’t work for me unfortunately.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
This book was amazing it added so much to the original story and it is my favorite classic
Disney Princess movie everything made more sense. I loved the characters so much especially Phillip and Briar Rose they both were developed much better their love story was more natural. I loved how Phillip's character was expanded on with how he felt about never meeting his father's expectations and how both him and Briar Rose were only extensions of their parents I really love how the change of this comes along. I loved how Phillip comes into himself fully by the end. I loved how Briar Rose is more than just a princess to be saved she is a girl that is lonely and wants to explore many places. I loved how well they knew each other before falling in love it was a gradual process. The story is amazing it starts like the animated film but diverges after the prologue with a better developed Phillip and Briar Rose and there are many great things added to the story that made for a very good read.
Disney Princess movie everything made more sense. I loved the characters so much especially Phillip and Briar Rose they both were developed much better their love story was more natural. I loved how Phillip's character was expanded on with how he felt about never meeting his father's expectations and how both him and Briar Rose were only extensions of their parents I really love how the change of this comes along. I loved how Phillip comes into himself fully by the end. I loved how Briar Rose is more than just a princess to be saved she is a girl that is lonely and wants to explore many places. I loved how well they knew each other before falling in love it was a gradual process. The story is amazing it starts like the animated film but diverges after the prologue with a better developed Phillip and Briar Rose and there are many great things added to the story that made for a very good read.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Miller takes Disney’s animated classic: Sleeping Beauty and shifts the focus to Prince Phillip.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
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Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had such high hopes for this book. I thought, "What a treat to find a new book that focuses on one of my true loves, 'Sleeping Beauty'!" Sadly, this was a dud for me, and it hurts a bunch. In the book, we are following Prince Phillip as the days leading up to his marriage to Princess Aurora are dwindling, and he feels what little choices he can make about his life slip away. He is off on last adventures with his squire Joannah when three fairies find them and inform Phillip he has magic and with their training he will easily defeat Maleficent and save the world and Aurora after her curse takes hold. It sounds so promising, like really good, but I was just endlessly bored throughout the whole thing. The magic could have been developed better, and the characters didn't go that much deeper than the Disney movie did. I am sure there are plenty people who would like this, and I would never say it was bad because the writing wasn't awful...just not something I clicked with and found to keep even half my attention. Really bummed about this one. 😕
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-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