Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold By Demelza Carlton
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Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold By Demelza Carlton
STORY-LINE AWAKEN: SLEEPING BEAUTY RETOLD:
Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold is a new adult spin on the Sleeping Beauty tale. Princess Rosamond communicates with plants and trees; she can heal with her touch. Rosamond visiting a neighboring kingdom for a wedding, finds new friends; at least she thought they were friends. After healing a girl, Rosamond receives a chest of fabric as a reward; fabrics cursed which place her in a deep sleep.
King Erik has died; the council persuades Lord Siward to take the crown as there are no living relatives. Lord Siward takes a day to hunt and finds Princess Rosamond asleep in a ruin. The attraction is instance and strong as she awakens.
Come along with Siward and Rosamond has they fight the curse and each other, face adversaries, and solve mysteries. This is not a children's fairy-tale. My historical fairy-tale romance novel review of Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold follows.
CHARACTERS, PLOTTING DEVELOPMENT:
Although Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold is a fairy-tale, it's not a story for children as it has love scenes. Although the scenes are intense, they are not erotica or graphic. As well as love scenes, the premise of this story is for the mature audience.
In addition, although a short book, Author Demelza Carlton, included all the elements needed for a solid story. The secondary characters added much to the story-line; some you will love and others you will love to hate. Carlton developed the personalities of her characters fully, and the premise was original with a different take on the classic Sleeping Beauty tale.
In Princess Rosamond, Carlton created a strong independent woman who took her life in her own hands and moved forward. Lord Siward is the typical knight in shining armor who gives his all to save Rosamond. In addition, in concluding my historical fairy-tale romance novel review of Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold, I found a solid story with well-developed characters and smooth pacing.
AWAKEN: SLEEPING BEAUTY RETOLD, RECOMMENDATION: STARS 4
In addition, I recommend this novel for young adults and adults. If you like fairy-tales geared to adults with adult situations and love scenes, this book is for you.
FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE:
Additionally, I received this book from the author and chose to voluntarily review the book with an honest historical fairy tale romance book/novel review. Lastly, book reviews of any novel are dependent on the book review author’s opinion. Consequently, all book reviews on-line and on my blog, are my opinions. In addition, the ARC did not affect my voluntary historical fairy tale romance novel review.
Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold is a new adult spin on the Sleeping Beauty tale. Princess Rosamond communicates with plants and trees; she can heal with her touch. Rosamond visiting a neighboring kingdom for a wedding, finds new friends; at least she thought they were friends. After healing a girl, Rosamond receives a chest of fabric as a reward; fabrics cursed which place her in a deep sleep.
King Erik has died; the council persuades Lord Siward to take the crown as there are no living relatives. Lord Siward takes a day to hunt and finds Princess Rosamond asleep in a ruin. The attraction is instance and strong as she awakens.
Come along with Siward and Rosamond has they fight the curse and each other, face adversaries, and solve mysteries. This is not a children's fairy-tale. My historical fairy-tale romance novel review of Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold follows.
CHARACTERS, PLOTTING DEVELOPMENT:
Although Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold is a fairy-tale, it's not a story for children as it has love scenes. Although the scenes are intense, they are not erotica or graphic. As well as love scenes, the premise of this story is for the mature audience.
In addition, although a short book, Author Demelza Carlton, included all the elements needed for a solid story. The secondary characters added much to the story-line; some you will love and others you will love to hate. Carlton developed the personalities of her characters fully, and the premise was original with a different take on the classic Sleeping Beauty tale.
In Princess Rosamond, Carlton created a strong independent woman who took her life in her own hands and moved forward. Lord Siward is the typical knight in shining armor who gives his all to save Rosamond. In addition, in concluding my historical fairy-tale romance novel review of Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold, I found a solid story with well-developed characters and smooth pacing.
AWAKEN: SLEEPING BEAUTY RETOLD, RECOMMENDATION: STARS 4
In addition, I recommend this novel for young adults and adults. If you like fairy-tales geared to adults with adult situations and love scenes, this book is for you.
FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE:
Additionally, I received this book from the author and chose to voluntarily review the book with an honest historical fairy tale romance book/novel review. Lastly, book reviews of any novel are dependent on the book review author’s opinion. Consequently, all book reviews on-line and on my blog, are my opinions. In addition, the ARC did not affect my voluntary historical fairy tale romance novel review.
