Creeping Beauty: Fairy Tales Gone Bad

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However, I continued to read the arc as I am a lover of fairy tale retellings and from the original premise this appeared to be an intriguing perspective and story. Although Bitsy and Peregrine were well-defined, three-dimensional characters with clear motives, all of the other characters were not. Bitsy admires her mother for her beauty, her composure, and her ability to handle almost any situation, but her mother is a traditional woman rooted in old fashioned ways of ruling.

Since the story follows Bitsy and her thoughts/emotions, it can be difficult to follow sometimes as she is not the brightest and a little selfish.Prior to reading this fairy tale retelling, I had read several rather negative reviews, commenting on the style of prose and PoV of the story. Peregrine was a character that I did not like at all in the beginning and was like who and what he was going to be to Bitsy, but I really liked how his character came out more and more throughout the book. I loved Zombierella and Frankenstiltskin and I can report that Creeping Beauty is just as fascinating to read.

Although I do really love the open ending and being able to kind of choose what happens next, the ending leaves much to be desired.Fifteen years later, when the princess pricks her finger on a rose thorn, the sleeping curse is unleashed, and Eshe’s vision becomes real. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

These strangers insist she fight in their wars, and that she might be the one the prophecy tells of.As a storyteller, I have a fascination with traditional tales, legends and myths, and I am genuinely excited when new texts appear which present fresh (sometimes twisted) versions of these stories, drawing in new audiences and challenging established ones.