librarydanielle's review against another edition
4.0
this was cute, silly and fun.
a weird twist on sleeping beauty, where beauty is accidentally sent to sleep for 1000 years by someone who thought he was her true love. when she wakes up she's in the 20th century. after 10 years of playing catchup she suddenly comes into her heritage - magic. a gift she doesn't want. with her annoying department head and her cat Darnell (I loved Darnell) she must make the trip to Oregon to be taught how to control her magic before it gets out of control.
a weird twist on sleeping beauty, where beauty is accidentally sent to sleep for 1000 years by someone who thought he was her true love. when she wakes up she's in the 20th century. after 10 years of playing catchup she suddenly comes into her heritage - magic. a gift she doesn't want. with her annoying department head and her cat Darnell (I loved Darnell) she must make the trip to Oregon to be taught how to control her magic before it gets out of control.
jlniksich's review against another edition
3.0
Nice twist to the traditional fairy tale concerning Sleeping Beauty.
memorable's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Let’s just start with saying that I didn’t completely hate it; however, this book turned 20 this year and you can read that in every single line of it. It’s just full of sexism and misogyny. The female main character is described as beautiful. SO MANY TIMES; she’s supposed the be the legend of sleeping beauty... She is strong, yet she has to be rescued by him. And one of his big problems is that she is strong and she doesn’t need him...! In the beginning, she is strong and highly opinionated, something he doesn’t like and he actually claims as her problem. He claims she has tantrums and those take away her credibility...
Spoiler
And since it’s a fairytale: she gives up her magic for him, he marries her (changing her last name from LOST to FOUND- yes! Seriously!), and they live happily ever after...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
missstarlamae's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book very much. It was light and fun. I will definitely keep reading books in this series.
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