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Summary: UMMMMM....
Review: A perverted twist on the tale of Sleeping Beauty. She does not end up with a loving Prince Charming, oh no. The prince that has the privalage of waking her up enslaves her! He makes her do all kinds of stuff that's degrading IMO. My god, if I were her, I would have totally kneed him where it counts. I am by no means a prude, but this book was so degrading I couldn't even finish it.
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Summary: GENIUS
Review: For many, the concept of this book will be a turn off. But wait! S & M is alive and well and living in the castle with Beauty. Expand your mind for a moment, though: it's fiction. It's out there. Only Anne Rice could depict such a crude, erotic and lustful tale with finesse. Brilliant! Open your mind, dear feminists. It's degrading and nasty ... and it's meant to be. You don't have to want to do these things ... or even be a sexual deviant. It's literature. Rice brings you into a world you'd be too frightened to enter in real life, and sorry to leave in the safe confines of your own room, sexual fantasy and fictionland. The third book of the trilogy is equally decadent: raw and fascinating. I loved these books and was sorry to see that others here didn't "get it". If you're ready to open your mind to beautiful, lyrical and wickedly sinful plot and prose, this trilogy is for you.
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Summary: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Review: I have read all three books in the Beauty series and they are a wonderful insight into one of our most primal instincts. The raw passion and fear is balanced by the lushness of the world she creates. Ultimately, Beauty is seduced by everything she sees and experiences. It's a wonderful series that I feel doesn't get as much attention as they deserve.
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Summary: <insert hysterical laughter>
Review: Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. Anne, you wicked thing!
While I am all for bringing more erotica into mainstream books, this miserable attempt at erotica will only satisfy those who feel that sex doesn't belong in 'real' fiction.
Sleeping Beauty is a disturbing fairy tale. Do your research, and they're all disturbing fairy tales. They come from the days when we didn't have to sugar coat everything before delivering it to our children.
This, however, if the concept of fairy tales for adults taken to extremes. The beautiful princess languishes in the castle. Enter the Prince, literally, and let the sadomasochism begin! How his kingdom functions with absolutely no form of commerce, where eveyone is either nobility or a pleasure slave, is beyond me. This book is flat out sex, with very little in the way of the pretensions of plot. Bad writing, boring characters, and three books of a heroine who adds absolutely nothing to the story and confirms the stereotype that women want nothing more than a firm man (again, literally.)
Read the Marquis de Sade if you want brutality for grown ups. He was a brillant philosopher, as well as an erotic genius. If, however, you want to read about a few thousand spankings, "Beauty" should be your cup of tea.
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