Waking Beauty

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After a hundred-year sleep, Princess Aurora Claire wakes to find her whole castle roused and herself betrothed to the charming prince who kissed her. But when people begin falling back asleep one by one, Claire, her prince, and his brooding knight set off on a quest to find the fairy who cast the spell. Along the way, Claire loses her fairy-given "perfections" and discovers who she truly is—and that real love and a life she chooses matter more than any happily-ever-after handed to her. A Sleeping Beauty retelling with a twist: what if the prince who kissed you was the wrong one? A princess who stops waiting to be rescued and learns to save herself (and the man she loves). “You are turning out to be not at all as I expected, but I am willing to look past that.” Perfect for a teen girl who loves fairy-tale retellings like those by Shannon Hale or Jessica Day George and enjoys clean, witty romance with a heroine who grows into her own strength. Show more