A review by a_devine_read
Creeping Beauty by Andrea Portes

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book starts with what the traditional Sleeping Beauty left off. It focuses on the time between pricking her finger on the spindle and when she wakes up. Bitsy finds herself in a foreign land, a land where you must be beautiful to hold power. If you are not beautiful, you are doomed to become a worker in the most dire of working conditions. Bitsy meets up with a con artist and she has a multitude of troubles in trying to return home. Meanwhile, her parents are trying everything to bring her back.
Opinion
I never thought to wonder what Sleeping Beauty was doing while in her slumber. This fantastical tale lead me down a twisted path that circles on itself. It wasn't until the end that I saw how everything connected together. 
At times in the book, I found myself lost. I think though, that the book was so well thought out, with clues carefully given, that if I were to go back and reread, I would be surprised by how much of the book makes sense the second time around.
Overall, even with my confusion, I found this a wonderful take on an old fairy tale.
Many thanks to Net Galley and to Harper Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book.