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Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" (Mass Market Paperback)

by Cameron Dokey (Author), Mahlon F. Craft (Designer)

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Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse; 1 edition (Oct 24 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416940146
ISBN-13: 978-1416940142
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 23 g

Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #155,999 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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"ONCE UPON A TIME"

IS TIMELESS

The Princess Aurore has had an unusual childhood. Cursed at birth, Aurore is fated to prick her finger at the age of sixteen and sleep for one hundred years -- until a prince awakens her with a kiss. So, to protect her, Aurore's loving parents forbid any task requiring a needle.

Unable to sew or embroider like most little princesses, Aurore instead explores the castle grounds and beyond, where her warmth and generosity soon endear her to the townspeople. their devotion to the spirited princess grows as she does.

On her sixteenth birthday, Aurore learns that the impending curse will harm not only her, but the entire kingdom as well. Unwilling to cause suffering, she will embark on a quest to end the evil magic. The princess's bravery will be rewarded as she finds adventure, enchantment, a handsome prince, and ultimately her destiny

About the Author

Cameron Dokey is the author of nearly thirty teen novels. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Falls short, but has few interesting twists., Oct 17 2009

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The book is your standard Sleeping Beauty tale. A princess is held under a curse where if pricked with a needle she'd be asleep for a hundred years until a kiss wakes her up from her slumber. The similarities end there. Aurore (the Princess) isn't your typical royalty. She's out on the fields working alongside the peasants on the farms and restoring houses. Basically she's your "hands on" Princess. I think it's more realistic than your classic fairy tale. The King and Queen are more present in this story. Oswald who is nicknamed "Prince Charming" is also more involved in this tale. It does make it slightly more interesting as you don't see many of these characters in the original fairy tale so it adds another dimension to it.

I wasn't really too interested in any of these characters despite their new presence into the story. Aurore is somewhat of a spoiled brat, a moody one too. As we are all familiar with the story there really is no need for character development, and there isn't any. These characters are two dimensional and flat. Sad to say, despite this being my favorite fairy tale, I wasn't really into this book. I couldn't really get into the plot which was a little dull and not that exciting to begin with. There were a few parts in the book that caught my attention but then it instantly goes back to being flat in a second. The plot was rather dry and although there is an "evil witch", the final battle...well let's just say you'll be disappointed as I was.

I'd say the only good thing I actually liked out of this is the increased presence of other secondary characters. Otherwise I wish I could have liked it more but I just couldn't get into the story. It didn't get my attention and the characters aren't really that great. The ending was very different and it provides a different twist but it wasn't enough to really get me to really like the book. Thankfully the book is less than 200 pages so it wasn't a painful read, although I'm sure it could have been better.

I probably will pick up her next few novels just because I want to see the different twists she puts on the fairy tales. Although if they aren't better than this one, then perhaps I wouldn't go further. However I'm stubborn and I do believe in second chances, unless it's something I really can't stand.

Overall, tolerable, and interesting few twists on the fairy tale. However it falls short on plot and characters. It could have been so much better.

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