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Beauty's Release (Sleeping Beauty #3)
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Anne Rice ,
A.N. Roquelaure
This most explicit, erotic series reaches its culmination as The Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty come to an unforgettable close.
Paperback, 238 pages
Published
May 1st 1999
by Plume Books
(first published 1985)
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If I survive the 1st 2 books, I deserve to read the HEA.
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I guess, in their own way, these three books really are like a fairy tale. Completely unreal. Amidst all the every day fetishistic debauchery, torture, gang rape, buggerization and constant whippings - it's the lifestyle - there is something missing. Blood. Snot. Fecal matter. A break for menstrual cycles. It is all so very clean. I mean, even going back to the very first book, where Beauty is rudely awakened by the priapic Prince - lets face it, she's been asleep for 100 years, surely she shoul...more
The first book was shocking. The second installment was more than shocking. Then the final book… I think I got used to these naked people walking around and having sex ALL THE TIME (they need to find a new hobby… like paint) that it got pretty boring. I had to skip pages and pages of BDSM just to find the direction of this story. It was twisted, weird and gay. I just don’t understand why Ann Rice had to shift point of views. And for my first erotic trilogy, I think I handled it well. LOL!
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It's nice to have finally completed this trilogy. As imaginative as they are, you really do have to brace yourself when reading these books. Since erotica is much more important than the plot in this trilogy, I'll divulge a little on this final book.
The Queen sends a rescue squad to recapture Beauty and her fellow slaves Tristan and Laurent, but not before Laurent secretly teaches the Sultan's steward Lexius what it feels like to be a slave... which, of course, Lexius very much enjoys and fina...more
The Queen sends a rescue squad to recapture Beauty and her fellow slaves Tristan and Laurent, but not before Laurent secretly teaches the Sultan's steward Lexius what it feels like to be a slave... which, of course, Lexius very much enjoys and fina...more
Każda kolejna część serii jest lepsza od poprzedniej :) choć wszystkie trzy są bardzo dobre (no może po przeczytaniu całości poprzednie nie wydają się aż tak, ale w miarę czytania jak najbardziej się podobają).
Takie śliczne zdanie: "Obrócił moją twarz ku sobie i pocałował mnie mocno w usta. W ten sam sposób pocałował Tristana, a ja popatrzyłem na te dwie złączone nie ogolone twarze, splątane blond włosy i półprzymknięte powieki. Mężczyźni podczas pocałunku. Jakiż to piękny widok...more
Takie śliczne zdanie: "Obrócił moją twarz ku sobie i pocałował mnie mocno w usta. W ten sam sposób pocałował Tristana, a ja popatrzyłem na te dwie złączone nie ogolone twarze, splątane blond włosy i półprzymknięte powieki. Mężczyźni podczas pocałunku. Jakiż to piękny widok...more
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This sleeping beauty trilogy is the porniest book I have ever read, it is so porny it transcends its form as a book and breaks through into being a porn movie. All your categories of porn are here: straight, bi, lez, gay, threesome, foursome, orgy, s and m. This book involves so much leather and phallic shaped fruits its funny, accounting for the two stars. And don't anyone tell me I just didn't get it--this book has no literary merit no matter what anyone says.
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This was probably my least favorite of the 3 books, though probably the hottest. I found my mind wandering at the "sameness": punishment, confusion, fear, acceptance. I didn't feel liked I gained anything new here, but still enjoyed this final book. Again we see differing pov and not really as much of Beauty as we did in the past. The slaves go on a whole new adventure here, and discover many interesting aspects of their characters they never knew before.
At first I was frus...more
At first I was frus...more
In the final volume of Anne Rice's deliciously tantalizing erotic trilogy, Beauty's adventures on the dark side of sexuality make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem. In "Beauty's Release", Anne Rice makes the forbidden side of passion a doorway into the hidden regions of the psyche and the heart.
Part of the allure of this version for me was a release from the utter crudity of the European castle and village. Religio...more
Part of the allure of this version for me was a release from the utter crudity of the European castle and village. Religio...more
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So once I read the first and second book in this set I was commited to finish the third. It was like a pull that called to me, you read the others now see how it ends.... Call it odd that I liked the books but I did over all if you can get past all the smut, and weird the WTF moments it's good. And to this day my best friend and I who told me to read this set still have moments in conversations where I turn to her and say, "You told me to read it, and I should kick you for it!" Or othe...more
I'm a big fan of all three Beauty books by Anne Rice, but this one is definitely my favorite. In fact, her trilogy was my first glimpse of erotic literature, yet I've returned to Ms. Rice's engaging style and wicked imagination again and again and again. Also, for me, homosexuality and heterosexuality are two points along a larger continuum, and several of the characters in this book reflect that idea quite well -- and more fully in this volume even than in her first two wonderful books. Also, i...more
Be brave and be clever, clever at pretending you are not clever, that you are no more than the most abject little bundles of ever-demonstrable passion (c)
His eyes were glittering with anger. Or with excitement. Hard to tell which. But what is the difference, really, whether the source of the light is burning oil or burning wood? It's the light that matters. (c)
I lost because I couldn't win. It's as simple as that. (c)
Let me tell you something about fear: Fea...more
His eyes were glittering with anger. Or with excitement. Hard to tell which. But what is the difference, really, whether the source of the light is burning oil or burning wood? It's the light that matters. (c)
I lost because I couldn't win. It's as simple as that. (c)
Let me tell you something about fear: Fea...more
1. New characters are introduced here and certain chapters are written from these characters' point of views. I don't understand WHY. Isn't Beauty supposed to be the main character here? Isn't this HER story?
2. I can't even begin to say how terrified I was reading this book, with respect to the BDSM mentioned here. I probably won't be reading books of this genre for some time, lest I am reminded of this trilogy.
3. Not sure if I'd like to try reading Anne Rice's vampire novels...more
2. I can't even begin to say how terrified I was reading this book, with respect to the BDSM mentioned here. I probably won't be reading books of this genre for some time, lest I am reminded of this trilogy.
3. Not sure if I'd like to try reading Anne Rice's vampire novels...more
Well, I have the invention of the subtle ebook reader to thank for completing this trilogy, as there's no way I'd have sat on the train at peak commuting hours reading the hard copies! ;-)
There are two sides to the trilogy: Anne Rice writes the one that is an erotic journey of self discovery, but you can't shake the other one from the back of your mind, that being the abduction, rape and abuse of young men and women who develop Stockholm syndrome then return to their lives sociopathic sex ...more
There are two sides to the trilogy: Anne Rice writes the one that is an erotic journey of self discovery, but you can't shake the other one from the back of your mind, that being the abduction, rape and abuse of young men and women who develop Stockholm syndrome then return to their lives sociopathic sex ...more
"Beauty's Release is the final book in the Erotic Triology of Sleeping Beauty and I thought it was such a pleasant change of pace and direction for the entire series and when I write that, I mean more of a change of pace and direction than that from book one to two. The new setting gave more opportunity for newer endeavors for the story and I was hoping for a specific kind of delivery since this is the last book in the trilogy. What I got was something a little different from my hopes but i...more
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WARNING - ADULT CONTENT
So, if you got this far into the series, you know that nothing is sacred. Men with men, women with men, women with women and sometimes several at a time. This is the final book in a trilogy penned by Anne Rice (A. N. Roquelaure).
All of them are very well written for what they are - Erotica. Some are getting hung up on the literary worth, but if you are in the market for this type of book... you can't really go wrong with this series.
...more
So, if you got this far into the series, you know that nothing is sacred. Men with men, women with men, women with women and sometimes several at a time. This is the final book in a trilogy penned by Anne Rice (A. N. Roquelaure).
All of them are very well written for what they are - Erotica. Some are getting hung up on the literary worth, but if you are in the market for this type of book... you can't really go wrong with this series.
...more
Well Well...I finally finished this series after waiting forever for it in the mail. Loved the first book, really loved the second book and now I'm back to just loving. This book wasn't as good as the second. I truly enjoyed the singling out of Tristan in the second book and I admit I became attached to him and his gentle and frail personality. I was broken hearted when he had to leave Nicholas. Now in this third book, we are taken away from Tristans thoughts and brought into Laurent's thou...more
I remain intrigued by Rice's ability to sustain Beauty's journey over a modern series. I found myself skipping the sex to get back to the plot, as with the other books in this series, which made it a pretty short read. I respect Rice's direction with the series, but specifically with this book, in that Beauty walked the gamut of her desire, literally bottom to top. Her conclusion is a very honest one. Needless to say, this series opened mainstream erotica, specifically in the genre of BDSM, ...more
ภาคนี้ถือว่าแผ่วไปมากถ้าเปรียบกับ 2 ภาคแรก ถือว่าเป็นเล่มจบที่ไม่ค่อยให้ความประทับใจเท่าไหร่ น่าเห็นใจผู้แต่งเหมือนกันเพราะแกเล่นโหมซะในสองภาคแรกภาคจบเลยหมดมุขซะยังงั้น
This series was actually a very good read. If you are able to read graphic sexual content, then I would recommend this series. The depth of submission and realization of the characters was amazing. I actually found myself understanding what the characters were feeling and then feeling the same way through the books. In the end, it truly was a fairy tale and I absolutely loved it. Though throughout the whole series, I kept asking myself, "I wonder if a place like this really existed?"
The best in the series by far, simply because of the wonderful pov changes throughout. I started to lose interest in the first installment due to Beauty's insufferable tears that fell on every page. Thank you, Anne Rice, for letting the other characters narrate for awhile. In my opinion, this series turned out to be rather good for porn on paper. I hate to admit it, but oddly enough, my own tears hit the pages when Beauty was released. Predictable ending, but fairy tales are supposed to be predi...more
When I was child, I was sort of disappointed with the endings of fairytales. But I got my answer and yes I liked it. Sleeping Beauty ends with kiss, right? Prince reached the tower and kissed the sleeping virgin to wake her up. This is considered as highly non practical. See you got nearly killed during the journey, you were thirsty and hungry not mention horny. The first logical choice was to satisfy at least one of those craving and the third seems as the most logical thing to do. The prince ...more
A lot more of this story is told from the perspective of another slave, Prince Laurent, than Beauty's. Beauty's adventures are rather tame in comparison to Laurent's while they (Beauty, Tristan, Laurent, and a couple others) are kidnapped and held captive in the palace of an Arab sultan. Laurent manages to master one of the sultan's closest advisers, and in so doing become the most dynamic character and the hero of the piece. Fans of the trilogy will rejoice in the ending which promises Beauty's...more
In the final volume of Anne Rice's erotic trilogy, Beauty's sexual adventures make her the bound captive of an Eastern Sultan and a prisoner in the exotic confines of the harem.
I have never read anything like this. I didn't like the subject matter at all. I didn't want to give them three stars, but I couldn't downgrade the books because of the subject matter, hence the three-star rating. They are well-written.
This book was better than the first two. The first one had an intriguing premise, the second one was hard for me to finish but this one went by fast.
It is the first time you see a reversal in the characters. Some of them are no longer trying to find a way to rebal against being slaves or developping coping mechanisms and that's refreshing. It stops the monotony of the endless palace/village/palace punishments.
It is the first time you see a reversal in the characters. Some of them are no longer trying to find a way to rebal against being slaves or developping coping mechanisms and that's refreshing. It stops the monotony of the endless palace/village/palace punishments.
WARNING FOLKS: This is ADULT BDSM SEXUAL fantasy and could be shocking to those not familiar with the genre or lifestyle. It's not the best writing in the world, either. Only pick this series up if you are looking for some unique BDSM smut! Anne Rice fans beware... this is not her usual fare!
It'd be a interesting project for someone (not me) to note exactly how many times Beauty gets spanked in this and the rest of the series! And she's not the only one! Naughty, naughty, naughty......more
It'd be a interesting project for someone (not me) to note exactly how many times Beauty gets spanked in this and the rest of the series! And she's not the only one! Naughty, naughty, naughty......more
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