I stumbled on Braswell while killing time in a physical bookstore, and found her version of Aladdin, A Whole New World. What Braswell does here is take the story of Sleeping Beauty – specifically the Disney animated version, and ask the question first, what if True Love’s Kiss didn’t work they thought it would? What if Aurora didn’t wake up? And second, what if Aurora was an active agent in her own rescue? She lives, she is hidden away, she is never given any input into what her life should be, and then she pricks her finger and then she’s just a MacGuffin for the Prince who gets to slay the dragon. Even if you have a version with no rape, and discount the inherent ickiness of “kiss a random sleeping woman” aspect, it’s also a very passive tale for the princess. By its very nature, it has a LOT of consent issues, and the straight up rape of a sleeping woman who then gives birth to one or two babies without waking is a commonality in the earliest versions of the tale. Inventory No: 20070076.Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
Experience the second title, Disney Once Upon a Dream: A Twisted Tale, in a thrilling series that puts a twist in much-loved tales, exploring what would happen if key turning points did not work out as planned. For only then can the sleeping beauty finally wake up and find her happy ever after. For Aurora to break the curse, she must find a way to control her dreams and defeat the evil fairy within them. After binding her soul to the curse, Maleficent now lives on through Princess Aurora's dreams, controlling the princess and everyone asleep with her. But when the prince falls asleep as his lips touch the fair maiden's it's clear that this fairy tale is far from over. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: With a dragon defeated, a slumbering princess in a castle and a prince poised to wake her, a fairy-tale ending seems certain.
Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition.
*** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Paper Rocket, 2016.
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