Sleeping Beauty's Daughters by Diane Zahler

Aurora is timid until she's not, Luna is brash until she's not, Symon is a fisherman until he's not. Other than basic traits there isn't anything there at all. Second, the characters are painfully shallow. I don't see how when her curse literally doesn't even work for absolutely no reason.

Yet, the fairy that they're all scared of is supposed to be super strong. Aurora is cursed and yet the curse just doesn't take effect? Like all they have to do is pinch her or splash water in her face and she's able to stay awake. The magic like The Thirteenth Princess has no internal logic. The two, with the help of a fisherman named Symon, must then set off to find their fairy godmother Emmeline to see if she can help them fix it.įirst off, the book immediately makes no sense. Obviously, Aurora does prick her finger regardless. In order to keep her safe their parents had them secluded away as they don't know when exactly the curse is supposed to be enacted. Thus, leaving her totally alone if she were fall prey to the curse.

After Aurora was born the fairy that cursed Sleeping Beauty cursed Aurora similarly the exception being that while Sleeping Beauty at least had her entire castle to sleep with her, Aurora will have no one.

It turns out this is because their mother was Sleeping Beauty and after pricking her finger was forced to sleep the full hundred years before her Prince, their father, stumbled upon her castle. They are not allowed to leave the castle for any reason, and there are no sharp objects of any kind. Unfortunately, I'm a sucker for retellings and this is just shy of being one so despite that when I saw this book at the library I just had to read it.Īurora and her younger sister Luna are two princesses who live with their parents in a castle removed from society. I recently read Diane Zahler's other book The Thirteenth Princess and while I didn't hate it, I was very far off from loving or even liking it.

Sleeping Beauty's Daughters by Diane Zahler