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The Sleeping Beauty Saga: A modern retelling of a classic fairy tale
An elf warrior born to protect. A fairy stepping into her power. And a queen whose treachery will have consequences that none of them could have imagined.
Carabosse doesn’t set out to be a murderer, she’s more interested in getting Prince Stefan into bed. She wants to marry him and create a new a world without prejudice, where humans and fairies cooperate to fight the evil that is coming for them. As the old king lays dying, however, he demands a promise from Stefan that will break Cara’s heart.
Meanwhile, in a nearby country, Rhys the illegitimate son of the Elf King, decides to protect his people the only way he knows how - by honing his magical talents and fighting abilities. When his father orders him to investigate the mysterious deaths of three shepherds, Rhys is confronted with an enemy that’s ruthless beyond anything he’s ever encountered.
Devastated, Cara flees to the fairy palace, only to be forced into a strategic marriage by her Queen that neither she nor Rhys want. Denied the man she loves, Cara will do anything she can to save the child she’s carrying, including cursing the daughter of a neighboring king. She is the only one who can see the darkness inside the newborn baby and the only one who knows the devastation this girl will cause when she reaches the age of sixteen.
Can Cara and Rhys put aside their differences and unite to fight the darkness that is coming for them all? Can they stop it? All too soon they must make a kill or be killed, destroy or die.
The Sleeping Beauty Saga is a fast-paced sexy read from the crew at Mummies Anonymous. Get it today and discover the magical and powerful world of the royal fairies.
Carabosse doesn’t set out to be a murderer, she’s more interested in getting Prince Stefan into bed. She wants to marry him and create a new a world without prejudice, where humans and fairies cooperate to fight the evil that is coming for them. As the old king lays dying, however, he demands a promise from Stefan that will break Cara’s heart.
Meanwhile, in a nearby country, Rhys the illegitimate son of the Elf King, decides to protect his people the only way he knows how - by honing his magical talents and fighting abilities. When his father orders him to investigate the mysterious deaths of three shepherds, Rhys is confronted with an enemy that’s ruthless beyond anything he’s ever encountered.
Devastated, Cara flees to the fairy palace, only to be forced into a strategic marriage by her Queen that neither she nor Rhys want. Denied the man she loves, Cara will do anything she can to save the child she’s carrying, including cursing the daughter of a neighboring king. She is the only one who can see the darkness inside the newborn baby and the only one who knows the devastation this girl will cause when she reaches the age of sixteen.
Can Cara and Rhys put aside their differences and unite to fight the darkness that is coming for them all? Can they stop it? All too soon they must make a kill or be killed, destroy or die.
The Sleeping Beauty Saga is a fast-paced sexy read from the crew at Mummies Anonymous. Get it today and discover the magical and powerful world of the royal fairies.
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Published September 10, 2018
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September 23, 2019
I received this book as an ARC through ReadingDeals and gave it an honest review.
I have to say that I loved this book. While I’m familiar with the Sleeping Beauty tale, what with Disney’s cartoon and *Maleficent*, this was a delightful reinterpretation of things that kept me enraptured at its unpredictable events and excellent world building and characters. I heartily give it 5 stars!
We meet Rhys first. He’s the bastard son of the Elf King’s true love and has grown up in the palace. There’s a rivalry between him and his half-brother, at least on Bictor’s part, but Rhys is loyal to his people and his king. Besides, it’s not really any contest since Rhys is by far the better soldier. While both sons have standard royal elven magic, Rhys alone has inherited his father’s magic, the abilities to shift from one place to another and to read people’s minds. There is true affection between father and son, although the king rarely shows his emotions to anyone.
A Darkness is coming and the king sends Rhys to investigate some trouble on the kingdom’s border with the gnomes. When Rhys shifts there, he is immediately attacked by an immense shadow, that sits on his chest and tries to suck out his life while overwhelming him with despair. Thoughts of good things and things that he loves are the only way he is able to get the shadow to dissipate. Gaining his bearings, Rhys knows the shadow is like nothing he’s ever encountered before.
Rhys is reunited with an old flame and their battalions are attacked by marauding gnomes. After Rhys is able to subdue the gnomes, it becomes obvious to Rhys, and the gnomes‘ commander, that the Shadows are trying to sow conflict. Rhys heads out with his battalion and the battalion of Elvettes (How about that?! Females warriors given respect.) Unfortunately, the Shadow attacks and the first love is killed. Rhys now has even greater motivation to defeat this evil.
The story switches to Fairy Princess Cara, who is about to be engaged to human Prince Stefan. He sleeps with her and then breaks the news that his father forbade the union and he’s now engaged to another. (He’s so spineless!) Full of wrath, she enters the dying king’s chambers and curses him to extended painful life. In the process, she is attacked by a Shadow summoned by Stefan’s betrothed, Leah. She narrowly escapes it. (But no one thinks it’s odd that Leah summoned something evil.)
When she returns to her chambers, she finds her cousin, Merry, who passes along the Fairy Queen’s order to return to Fairyland after removing her curse on to king. After Cara complies, Merry informs her that she’s pregnant with Stefan’s baby. Once the get back to Fairyland, Merry tells her that she’s also going to be getting married, a strategic alliance with none other than Prince Rhys. The Queen exhibits her power to get Cara to submit.
Neither Rhys nor Cara are enthused but they obey their sovereign’s edicts and wed. When they adjourn to the wedding suite, Cara discovers that (1) Rhys is a good man, (2) they have common ground, and (3) their chemistry is electric. When they consummate their union, there’s an amazing magic in the air and is beyond anything either has experienced before. Afterwards, Rhys has to break the bad news: it’s obvious he regrets agreeing to it, that there’s an ancient prophecy that says that her child could possibly destroy the world and he’ll be forced to kill it if it looks like it’s her baby.
Full of anger, she leaves her new husband and confronts the Queen. The Queen makes her scry and Cara sees the Queen’s death at a mixed race hand. Cara runs, back to Stefan, planning on divorcing him once Stefan agrees to marry her instead. Of course, Stefan just wants her for his mistress, and she has to go back to Rhys. He’s had a bad day. They comfort one another. Then Rhys, to save her from the Queen, puts her to sleep for the length of her pregnancy.
After she gives birth, Cara has a vision that the child of evil isn’t her daughter, but Leah’s daughter. Elated, she returns to Fairyland to plead Katina’s case, but it doesn’t go well and Merry leaves with her to return to Elfland. On reaching Rhys, things get worse, with the Shadows becoming more brazen and people’s situation progressively gets worse. Even when Cara tries to curse Aurora to save the world, her plan doesn’t succeed.
This story followed the bones of Sleeping Beauty but filled it out beautifully. Cara, Rhys, their children are compelling characters. They have their foibles, faults. Cara is deliciously emotional and hearing her inner thoughts gives you insight into how they’re different from humans. The elves are a species distinct as well. Rhys is a good man, someone you want in your corner because he keeps his cool rationality even in emotional situations. Katina and Elstan are great people in their own right. The actions isn’t predictable; the villains aren’t always obvious and at the end I was pretty shocked at how far-reaching the evil one’s plan really was.
But fear not. Evil doesn’t triumph. Good does, but not before there are some painful loses. The evil behind the Shadows is pretty malevolent. I won’t lie, I cried close to the end. But the kingdom gets its HEA and I’ve got a story I love. There are some typos —*there’ll is not synonymous with they’ll* — but it doesn’t detract from the story. It’s definitely one to not miss.
I have to say that I loved this book. While I’m familiar with the Sleeping Beauty tale, what with Disney’s cartoon and *Maleficent*, this was a delightful reinterpretation of things that kept me enraptured at its unpredictable events and excellent world building and characters. I heartily give it 5 stars!
We meet Rhys first. He’s the bastard son of the Elf King’s true love and has grown up in the palace. There’s a rivalry between him and his half-brother, at least on Bictor’s part, but Rhys is loyal to his people and his king. Besides, it’s not really any contest since Rhys is by far the better soldier. While both sons have standard royal elven magic, Rhys alone has inherited his father’s magic, the abilities to shift from one place to another and to read people’s minds. There is true affection between father and son, although the king rarely shows his emotions to anyone.
A Darkness is coming and the king sends Rhys to investigate some trouble on the kingdom’s border with the gnomes. When Rhys shifts there, he is immediately attacked by an immense shadow, that sits on his chest and tries to suck out his life while overwhelming him with despair. Thoughts of good things and things that he loves are the only way he is able to get the shadow to dissipate. Gaining his bearings, Rhys knows the shadow is like nothing he’s ever encountered before.
Rhys is reunited with an old flame and their battalions are attacked by marauding gnomes. After Rhys is able to subdue the gnomes, it becomes obvious to Rhys, and the gnomes‘ commander, that the Shadows are trying to sow conflict. Rhys heads out with his battalion and the battalion of Elvettes (How about that?! Females warriors given respect.) Unfortunately, the Shadow attacks and the first love is killed. Rhys now has even greater motivation to defeat this evil.
The story switches to Fairy Princess Cara, who is about to be engaged to human Prince Stefan. He sleeps with her and then breaks the news that his father forbade the union and he’s now engaged to another. (He’s so spineless!) Full of wrath, she enters the dying king’s chambers and curses him to extended painful life. In the process, she is attacked by a Shadow summoned by Stefan’s betrothed, Leah. She narrowly escapes it. (But no one thinks it’s odd that Leah summoned something evil.)
When she returns to her chambers, she finds her cousin, Merry, who passes along the Fairy Queen’s order to return to Fairyland after removing her curse on to king. After Cara complies, Merry informs her that she’s pregnant with Stefan’s baby. Once the get back to Fairyland, Merry tells her that she’s also going to be getting married, a strategic alliance with none other than Prince Rhys. The Queen exhibits her power to get Cara to submit.
Neither Rhys nor Cara are enthused but they obey their sovereign’s edicts and wed. When they adjourn to the wedding suite, Cara discovers that (1) Rhys is a good man, (2) they have common ground, and (3) their chemistry is electric. When they consummate their union, there’s an amazing magic in the air and is beyond anything either has experienced before. Afterwards, Rhys has to break the bad news: it’s obvious he regrets agreeing to it, that there’s an ancient prophecy that says that her child could possibly destroy the world and he’ll be forced to kill it if it looks like it’s her baby.
Full of anger, she leaves her new husband and confronts the Queen. The Queen makes her scry and Cara sees the Queen’s death at a mixed race hand. Cara runs, back to Stefan, planning on divorcing him once Stefan agrees to marry her instead. Of course, Stefan just wants her for his mistress, and she has to go back to Rhys. He’s had a bad day. They comfort one another. Then Rhys, to save her from the Queen, puts her to sleep for the length of her pregnancy.
After she gives birth, Cara has a vision that the child of evil isn’t her daughter, but Leah’s daughter. Elated, she returns to Fairyland to plead Katina’s case, but it doesn’t go well and Merry leaves with her to return to Elfland. On reaching Rhys, things get worse, with the Shadows becoming more brazen and people’s situation progressively gets worse. Even when Cara tries to curse Aurora to save the world, her plan doesn’t succeed.
This story followed the bones of Sleeping Beauty but filled it out beautifully. Cara, Rhys, their children are compelling characters. They have their foibles, faults. Cara is deliciously emotional and hearing her inner thoughts gives you insight into how they’re different from humans. The elves are a species distinct as well. Rhys is a good man, someone you want in your corner because he keeps his cool rationality even in emotional situations. Katina and Elstan are great people in their own right. The actions isn’t predictable; the villains aren’t always obvious and at the end I was pretty shocked at how far-reaching the evil one’s plan really was.
But fear not. Evil doesn’t triumph. Good does, but not before there are some painful loses. The evil behind the Shadows is pretty malevolent. I won’t lie, I cried close to the end. But the kingdom gets its HEA and I’ve got a story I love. There are some typos —*there’ll is not synonymous with they’ll* — but it doesn’t detract from the story. It’s definitely one to not miss.
May 14, 2019
This book feels like a disjointed combination of three books. When I got to the end of the story, I realized it truly was that. There is what would have been a prequel and two following novellas. In the prequel portion, we meet Rhys, the bastard son of the elf king. His father sends him on a mission. Then we meet the heroine, Cara, in the first of the main story novellas. She's a fairy in love with a human prince, and she believes they are soon to be married in an unusual alliance between elves and humans. She gives herself to the prince even though when he came into the room he told her he had something important to say. After they have sex, he informs her that his father is forbidding their marriage and requires him to marry another woman to solidify a human alliance. Rhys soon becomes a part of her world, and they marry.
As I said in the first sentence above, the book feels disjointed. There’s have a very long section about Rhys that is followed with some of Cara’s story and then their combined story. I felt like more transitions were needed between the parts, or maybe they should have been rewritten all together to read as a coherent novel. While I found the character of Rhys interesting, I didn't like Cara at all. She just came across to me as demanding, a little stupid, and immature in the first part of her story, and I couldn't quite get past that. I wish we could have seen a bit more of her and the prince’s backstory rather than just jumping in the first time they have sex. I felt like there was no context at all, so her part of the story was hard to get into. She was a heroine who was hard to care about. I wasn’t a fan of the sex scenes, either. They felt more icky than erotic or sensual. I wasn't a fan of the end, which I won't reveal here, as it seemed a little gimmicky and too easy.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
Read my other reviews at http://www.readingfanaticreviews.com.
As I said in the first sentence above, the book feels disjointed. There’s have a very long section about Rhys that is followed with some of Cara’s story and then their combined story. I felt like more transitions were needed between the parts, or maybe they should have been rewritten all together to read as a coherent novel. While I found the character of Rhys interesting, I didn't like Cara at all. She just came across to me as demanding, a little stupid, and immature in the first part of her story, and I couldn't quite get past that. I wish we could have seen a bit more of her and the prince’s backstory rather than just jumping in the first time they have sex. I felt like there was no context at all, so her part of the story was hard to get into. She was a heroine who was hard to care about. I wasn’t a fan of the sex scenes, either. They felt more icky than erotic or sensual. I wasn't a fan of the end, which I won't reveal here, as it seemed a little gimmicky and too easy.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
Read my other reviews at http://www.readingfanaticreviews.com.
September 26, 2019
This story was an interesting take on a well known fairy tale. I was a little hesitant about how much I would like this book when I first started it, but I absolutely loved it. Rhys was one of my favorite characters from the beginning. He's extremely loyal and just an all around good person. Cara I was not a fan of at the beginning and just seemed like a flitty girl in love with no backbone. She soon became one of my favorite characters as well. This story does hit some points of the fairy tale, but mummies anonymous's variation was very entertaining and I look forward to reading more by them.
I received a complimentary copy from Hidden Gems for an honest review.
I received a complimentary copy from Hidden Gems for an honest review.
June 18, 2019
This was a retelling of the fairytale Sleeping Beauty. This is from the perspective of royal fairy princess Carabosse(aka Maleficent). In this story Sleeping Beauty is evil not Princess Carabosse. Instead of Aurora living happily ever after with Phillipe. Princess Carabosse lives happily ever after with Rhys (an Elf) and her children Katina(with Stefan) and Elfston (with Rhys). They defeat evil against all odds and make plenty of sacrifices throughout. Rhys and Cara found love in one another without expecting it. It was a great retelling with many changes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 3, 2019
Okay But not great
Honestly I though this book was cheesy and boring at first once it got past all that it did start getting more interesting and exciting. It just took me awhile to get past the downs of the book like the love scenes were I guess underwritten or not well throughout don’t get me wrong some were fine but others were like an inexperienced teenager wrote them.
I love the action and the twist they put on this fairy talk that was well thought out.
Honestly I though this book was cheesy and boring at first once it got past all that it did start getting more interesting and exciting. It just took me awhile to get past the downs of the book like the love scenes were I guess underwritten or not well throughout don’t get me wrong some were fine but others were like an inexperienced teenager wrote them.
I love the action and the twist they put on this fairy talk that was well thought out.
September 5, 2019
Wait, sleeping beauty was a prophecy?
This book is an interesting twist to the sleeping beauty fairy tale. If you like magic and elves and fairies this book can be very enjoyable. This book covers the fact that everyone has good and evil in them and that they can choose which to be.
This book is not for kids for the level of romance involved. The romance scenes are just enough that I would suggest 18 or older.
This book is an interesting twist to the sleeping beauty fairy tale. If you like magic and elves and fairies this book can be very enjoyable. This book covers the fact that everyone has good and evil in them and that they can choose which to be.
This book is not for kids for the level of romance involved. The romance scenes are just enough that I would suggest 18 or older.
May 14, 2019
Interesting twist on a old story. The main characters were all pretty well written. I was a little disappointed how some events in the story just happen without any real build up. I enjoyed the authors take on maleficent. Because sleeping Beauty isn’t sleeping Beauty without a maleficent of some kind. I kind of wished the story ended on a cliff kinder. It was kind of a easy way out how it ended.
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