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Waking Beauty
By Brittlyn Gallacher Doyle
Sweetwater Books, 2017. Fiction. 216 pages.

All her life, Princess Aurora (or Claire as she prefers to be called), has known that she would prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday. She also knew that someday her true love would kiss her awake again and she would live happily ever after. But knowing that didn't make falling asleep and saying goodbye to her family any less scary.

When the magical day finally arrives that Claire's prince wakes her up, she is excited to discover that the rest of her family fell asleep with her and will be a part of her happily ever after. Together they excitedly begin planning Claire's wedding and the start of their happily ever after, until it becomes clear that something is wrong.

One by one, people in Claire's kingdom are beginning to fall back asleep. The curse is starting over and it's up to Claire to figure out why and fix things before she ends up asleep again, forever.

This retelling of the classic, Sleeping Beauty, is a fun look at what happens after happily ever after and how things aren't always what they seem to be. Filled with surprising plot twists and lovable new characters, this book is full of adventure and the perfect amount of fairy tale romance. For fans of this timeless tale, Waking Beauty is definitely worth the read.
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