Once Upon a Dream

This was more a 3.5 for me personally–I think it was well done, and very creative, but I think part of my problem might just be that Sleeping Beauty isn't my favorite story, haha. This is the second retelling I've read which really focused on the dream aspect of the magic sleep–and, to be honest, I found it confusing. I didn't really get what was going on in the story until about page 145-150. I knew something was up, of course, but I couldn't tell what was real! Now, I'm sure that that was at least partly the author's intention, since the main character is confused too. However, it left me kind of on the back foot and uncertain for the rest of the story, too, and I found it hard to engage with Aurora. Again, though, Aurora is far from my favorite Disney heroine or fairy tale character, so perhaps she was starting at a disadvantage! ;)