Briar Beauty's Story

Ever After High #0.3

by Shannon Hale

Join Briar Beauty, daughter of Sleeping Beauty, as she taps into her adventurous spirit to investigate and track down Mischievous thieves who are causing trouble around the castle.

Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Retellings

5 pages, Hardcover

First published August 20, 2013

About the author

Shannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of six young adult novels: the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy, multiple award winner Book of a Thousand Days, and the highly acclaimed Books of Bayern series. She has written three books for adults, including the upcoming Midnight in Austenland (Jan. 2012), companion book to Austenland. She co-wrote the hit graphic novel Rapunzel's Revenge and its sequel Calamity Jack with husband Dean Hale. They live near Salt Lake City, Utah with their four small children, and their pet, a small, plastic pig.

Reviews

[Debbi (My Reading Spot) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute short introduction to the characters for the legends book. Perfect for a tween girl.

[Anabella (anabellasbooks) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sólo lo leí porque vi que era un retelling de la Bella Durmiente y que estaba gratis en Google Play libros. No lo entendí porque es una precuela pero quizás, tan sólo quizá lea el libro real de la historia

[Elevetha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gah, no. After finally reading any part of the Ever After High series, I am so glad that I never tried to read the first book. It is like a tween Valley high girl lives in some strange form of a Barbie world but with, like, fairytales... and stuff*.

*Terrible puns.

Also, this has mostly 5-star ratings?????

[Melanie (aka DarkBeauty73) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute short story. Highly recommend the short story as a jumping off point to the actually series.

[Scott Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book. I give this book 5 stars.

[Mrs Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few of my nieces are Monster High and Ever After High mad at the moment and so when I spotted that there was a range of free short e-book stories available I thought I would give them a quick read to see what some of the fuss is about and to be honest I absolutely love both series' dolls too and I am hoping they are still popular and about when my daughter gets to 5/6+.

This short story (Briar Beauty's story who is the daughter of Sleeping Beauty) is very short and maybe takes around 5 minutes maximum to read but if you are an adult and your daughter or nieces etc are Ever After High mad then I would definitely recommend reading this short story as I have had a big smile on my face from start to finish (as with the other short stories in the range) and even laughed out loud a couple of times. Although the short stories are obviously aimed at children who are fans of Ever After High they are quite simply funny (and this one is a charming little story) and worth a quick read and especially as they are free. This story is more charming than funny but I actually really enjoyed it and it tells the short story of Briar getting ready to go off to boarding school but her jewellery has gone missing. I was really amused at Sleeping Beauty and her having fell asleep in her scrambled eggs and there being pillows dotted around the castle in case Briar or Sleeping fell asleep.
Of course if you are an Ever After High fan then you will love this short story too but if you get your mum or dad to read this story with you then you will put a big smile on their face too.
Brilliant little short story.

[Linda Jaejoong · Rating 1 out of 5]

Briar Beauty ist die Tochter von Dornröschen und es ist ihr Schicksal das neue Dornröschen zu werden. Die Idee der Handlung war interessant, aber solche Sachen wie Spiegel Chat, Spiegel Pad oder Dornenhecken Schaufensterpuppen passen einfach nicht in eine Märchenwelt.

Weil das Schloss so groß ist bewegt man sich mit Hilfe von Seil Rutschen. Briar fällt öfter mal einfach um und hält ein Nickerchen, dass hat sie von ihrer Mutter geerbt und kann dann auf einmal Gedankenlesen. Die Figuren sind alle so merkwürdig, einige sind einfach nur dämlich, andere einfach nur naiv.

Wie kann man seiner Tochter das gleiche Schicksal aufbürgen das man selber durchlitten hat. Ihre Eltern erwarten nämlich von Briar das sie das nächste Dornröschen wird und somit auch wie ihre Mutter 100 Jahre schlaffen muss, um dann von ihrem Traumprinzen wach geküsst zu werden. Ich verstehe einfach nicht wie Briar damit einverstanden sein kann!!

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short little story about Briar Beauty and what her life is like outside of Ever After High. This was one of the silly ones, her castle has zip lines all over and there are pillows everywhere incase her or her mother go to sleep. They both will randomly fall asleep and Briar has to sometimes fish her mother out of the porridge. Her father is a one of those who rushes off at the drop of a hat to rescue or save someone. So he isn’t really any help in the whole, me and my mother are narcoleptics. Slightly silly and absurd this one is probably the weakest of the set, but it was free and if you like the idea of these books you will enjoy this glimpse into the life of Briar.

[ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay this short story was cuter but why does she have 8 brothers omfg

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story - to a point. I liked that Briar's brothers had hidden her jewelry, and she did easily get it back by playing along with them and pretending to be Captain Hook. But, the weird language/slang these "fairy tale" teens use is crazy. Also, what kind of story has a girl fall asleep when she is jumping out a window? Isn't that a "death wish" of sorts?!?

[Saja · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another character that I didn't like.
Making the daughter of the sleeping beauty appears to what seems like a fashion freak teen.

I give it 1 star for the idea of giving the sleeping beauty narcolepsy as a result of her prolonged sleeping.

[Irene Ramos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Briar Beauty's Story (Ever After High, #0.3) was a quick and easy read. It was a prequel of Briar Beauty daughter of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip leaving for her Legacy Year at Ever After High. I liked this story. I love that the castle has zip lines and pillows everywhere for Briar or her mother if they randomly fall asleep. The family had a tight bond. The relationship between Briar and her eight little brothers was adorable. I love how she wanted to spend time with them playing pirates and Peter Pan even after they stole her jewelry. A great read.

[Alexa Ocampo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brian tampoco me cae súper bien, pero es desde la serie jajajaja como queeee no llegué a conectar con ella, maybe porque estaba mucho con los ideales de Apple pero al final se dio cuenta que su destino no es tal cool debido a que tiene que dormir 100 años para su final feliz.
En este fragmento de su cuento antes de volver a entrar a la escuela vemos como poco a poco se empieza a cuestionar si de verdad desea su destino o no, por ello quiere aprovechar al máximo su tiempo y hacer todo lo que le sea posible antes de firma el libro,

Le doy 2.5⭐️

[Ziggi Starr · Rating 1 out of 5]

Of this little series, I must say that it is the worst. I know she's the daughter of Sleeping Beauty, but they took it so seriously, it lives up to the theme, to the point where it's stupid, because this intro is so boring I almost fell asleep. It's completely forgettable, like any tedious filler scene. But the worst, really, the most nauseating were the awful names of Briar's triplet brothers, I swear, my eyes almost bled. They could be better...

[ney · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 estrellas, fue el que menos me gustó pero sigue siendo bueno, siento que su destino daba para escribir algo un poquito más profundo 😔 AUNQUEEEE se entiende que el hecho de que su destino sea tan trágico es lo que la hace querer vivir en el presente en vez de pensar en el futuro, puede llegar a parecer superficial a ratos y ese es el punto de su conflicto(? el tener que vivir rápido y sin tiempo para sentirse deprimida

igual que horror tener 8 hermanos AJSJAJ

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un cuento flojo si comparamos con las demás, pero hay partes divertidas y muy entrañables. Volvemos a observar en esta historia la resignacion del personaje a su destino, aunque en estas páginas observamos mucha superficialidad, da mucha importancia a la moda, etc. También nos evoca ternura y mucha unión en algunas partes.

[Eli · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Un cuento flojo si comparamos con las demás, pero hay partes divertidas y muy entrañables. Volvemos a observar en esta historia la resignacion del personaje a su destino, aunque en estas páginas observamos mucha superficialidad, da mucha importancia a la moda, etc. También nos evoca ternura y mucha unión en algunas partes".

[Freda Mans-Labianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet!
Briar is an interesting character. She has a bunch of mischievous brothers, and is excited to go to Ever After High.
This little tale is an intro into her life leading up to her departure for school.
I do wish there was more though.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cuento corto

Otro cuento corto para adentrarnos esta vez en la vida de Briar, la hija de la Bella Durmiente. Como en los otros, se ve la mezcla de los cuentos de hadas con lo moderno y lo que posiblemente le espera en el nuevo año en el internado.

[Isa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me gustan estos libros por qué te dan un Background de los personajes y te ayuda a darles un poco más de complejidad, pero siento que esta historia no te da mucho más de conocer de Briar ni le aplica mucho más complejidad a ella y a su historia.

[Abbey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Its to short

I loved it but its to short so if you could make it longer that would be very good 😐

[May · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was nice
Although it's TOO short, it still counts as a book ;)

I was a little surprised with the fact that Briar actually has 8 little brothers (3 of which are twines for sure!)

[candace hardman · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a detail story and I liked it

Um I give this a 2 because I liked it but its wasn't my type of story
I Gove it a 2

[Brandy ONeal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute! perfect for a preteen reader.

[Lisa Hood/ Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

How do you read them??😒

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

EBook

[Hayde Cervantes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me encanta esta forma de ver la belleza de Briar. Muy lindo

[Susan Brinkman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet

A quirky sweet story of a teen girl who is packing for school and catches her little brothers using her jewelry for pirate treasure.

[Coni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si se la pasa durmiendo... cómo carajos hizo la Bella Durmiente para tener 9 HIJOS?!?!?!?

[Izzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so cute!! I wish I had read these books when I was younger :( Briar my little pookie bear <333