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Dec 26, 2011

I was hoping for a more grown up version of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale. Holy Moly! This isn't at all what I expected, and while I am not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, this book was way too intense for me.

According to some, I'm not open minded or enlightened enough to appreciate its value. To them I say... well hell, I'm still too stunned to say anything.

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Jul 23, 2011

Dina added it

Disclaimer: I read this book on a dare. I'm not a fan of pure erotica and I'm no expert in BDSM, so it was pretty much obvious from the start that I wouldn't enjoy this read. That's why I'm not rating this book, as it wouldn't be fair to lower its average rating "on purpose" - not that I think one rating would cause such "damage", but anyway...

So, how should I start this ~~review~~ ranting of mine? ;) Okay, how about the plot? Plot?!? Yes, dear friends, this book has More...

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Jul 06, 2010

I ♥ Bookie Nookie rated it:

I am not sure how I feel about this book. On PAGE 3 the sex and degradation begins and it continued-page after brutal page. I am not a prude by any stretch, I just think this is not the book or subject matter for me. The sub/dom theme is just a little much for me as it is presented in this book--especially since there seems to be little to no relief for the submissives.

To answer the review question, "What I Learned from this book"--Well, I learned that being a submissi More...

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Mar 31, 2010

Kelly rated it:

Read this when I was sixteen. At that point, it all seemed sooo naughty and titillating. I found this the other day when I was sorting the bookshelf and leafed through it. What an innocent little thing I was to find this even remotely shocking. It is essentially an entire world created around all the basic S&M fantasies, encased in a really shoddy way by a supposed fairy-tale reimagining. Whatever you needed to tell yourself to convince yourself you weren't just writing porn, Anne.
It gets More...

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Feb 06, 2011

Joyzi rated it:

My Proper Review

Okay what to say, what to say?

Honestly I'm pretty shy to review this book, just bear with me and my random shenanigans. Okay so I'll just assume that people who are reading this book review are 18 years old and above. Please if you're below 18, stop reading this and do something else.

Moving on, the reason I read this book is merely out of curiosity. But my first encounter with the idea of BDSM was last year(I'm not going to explain the definiti More...

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May 16, 2010

Kasia rated it:

If you're looking for a good BDSM fiction, this is it. Otherwise - stay away. And I mean it!!! BDSM is an acquired taste and if you're not really into it, you'll find the book repulsive.

Now, if you're into love games and are fascinated by mild (or not so mild) pain in an erotic setting - you've got the right book. The fairytale, Sleeping Beauty, is used merely as a starting point, the story goes off on a tangent within the first few pages and then we're taken into the neighbouring ki More...

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Aug 31, 2008

Birgit rated it:

Oh boy. What to say about this book. I love a good smut novel, and not just those PG-13 Danielle Steel novels either. I totally dig trashy, nasty, dirty romance novels, especially the ones that use ridiculous words like tumescent, which is what I expected this book to be--with a fairy tale context. What it turned out to be was 200 pages of rape and sadism and degradation. Within three pages, Sleeping Beauty was awakened not by a loving kiss, as is the tradition, but by sex, which obviously she c More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Tracy rated it:

I was all for reading a little naughty fairy-tale erotica from an author I liked - but wow. The whole sub/dom theme (the title really should be "The Spanking Of Sleeping Beauty") was funny at first, then ridiculous, and eventually just tedious. Meh.

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Dec 20, 2009

Trudy rated it:

Warning - ADULT CONTENT

This book was really my introduction into Erotica and is definitely an eye opener. I agree with one of the other reviewers in that this is so well written by Anne Rice (Pen Name A. N. Roquelaure) that you may be ruined for other Erotica - I was.

This book basically picks up on the fairy tale where the Prince awakens Sleeping Beauty with a... He then takes her back to his kingdom where she is basically a slave along with many others that are being g More...

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Jan 03, 2008

Kewpie rated it:

I got this in a boxed set one Christmas from my GRANDMOTHER. She knew I collected fairy tales and their adaptations. I'm fairly certain she had no idea the books were erotic. I think she just saw "Sleeping Beauty" and assumed I'd want it. She wanted to borrow it from me when I was done. I kept pretending to forget it every time.

First Book: Fun and novel read. Interesting background and lots of creative naughty bits for fun.

Second book: Lost steam. She lost mos More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Needleroozer rated it:

I started reading one of Rice's Sleeping Beauty books while I was in high school and quickly realized that I was in over my head. I've tried again as an adult and all I can say is that these books should come with a warning lable telling people not to try any of the dangerous SM stuff included between the pages.

I don't think any of the practices in any of the books are Safe, Sane, or Consensual. Well, maybe an arguement could be made for some of them being consensual, but safe or s More...

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Jul 24, 2010

Jasmin rated it:

A princess is inflicted with a curse. One where she would sleep for eternity, unless the spell is broken by a kiss of a prince.

A prince comes and bestows his lovingly affections to the lovely princess. When I say lovingly affections, I mean, him ruining Beauty's dress with a sword, raping her(she was asleep, and she doesn't give permission, which I call rape) and then giving her a kiss.

The thought (aside from the rape part), is absolutely romantic for me. I could alread More...

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Jul 09, 2008

Raven rated it:

I can’t help comment/review this book from the perspective of someone who has read it before and has recently read it again.
As a whole I like to think of the trilogy like a flower. The first novel is the bud and then by the time you get to the end of the third novel it’s in full bloom.
Claiming starts of with innocent little Beauty being “awakened” by the Prince. I like how innocent Beauty is because as the reader you’re innocent to this new world she is introduced to as well, this b More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Duffy rated it:

It's been a long time that I'd read this book that I forgot the year when I read it. But I do know that I've read all three books of this series at the same year.

I was curious as to why the title was related to Sleeping Beauty. Knowing Anne Rice works, I was expecting a different kind of thriller or possibly a romance novel since it was written in a pen name AN Roquolaire.

I was surprised when I finaly read this book, the first chapter, I can say, have shocked me. Well, n More...

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Jan 30, 2011

Julie rated it:

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Sep 07, 2007

Tal rated it:

This is a scrumptious sexual feast from Anne Rice, writing under a pseudonym. It picks up the Sleeping Beauty tale from the moment the Prince kisses her and spins a three-book saga of what happens next. Beauty is whisked off to the Prince's kingdom, but discovers that before she can marry him, she must follow the laws of his land and do as the other princes and pricesses do. That is, she must surrender to several years of humiliating sado-masochistic sexual servitude at the hands of the aristocr More...

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Sep 06, 2011

Kim added it

Belts, books, newspaper, brooms, brushes, curry comb, carpet beater (or rug duster), flails, pointing stick, ruler and yardstick. Table tennis paddles, cricket bat(and various sports rackets), hockey sticks, oars, pokers, ropes, cords and cables (for whipping; also for tying), shaving strap, shoes, boots, golf shoes (the plimsoll is a classic) spoon, spatula, whisk, ladle and other cooking utensils such as the cutting board, Sweat Scrapers, towels (especially wet, to increase the weight). Plant More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Kelly rated it:

this book (and all of the series - yes i "read" them all) was just stupid. the only redeeming thing i can say about it is that my mother, knowing how much i enjoy fairy tales, bought this trilogy for me, not realizing it was just non-stop, over-the-top S&M sex and stuff.

i am sure that if i leaned that way, this might be terribly erotic, but...well, no.

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Jan 08, 2012

Lady Jaye rated it:

Ok.

This was one of the books picked for me as part of a challenge, and after reading some of the reviews, I decided to go ahead with this one. Now I am not normally a reader/fan of pure erotica, or erotica in general. But what the heck, I've read a couple of erotic romances that weren't terrible, so how bad could this one be, right?

Wrong.

It was bad. Horrendously bad. The writing is, like other people have said, insanely juvenile; it is also atrocious. There More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Autumn rated it:

as of 2 weeks ago i finished this book and moved on to the second novel: Beauty's Punishment. sooo naughty but written with a woman's voice and perspective. i kind of wish i could get a sense of a real dominating and submissive male voice- however, it still turned me on bigtime!

yay! i attended a naughty toy party and as a bonus, my friend lent me the 1st and 2nd volumes of this series. naughty toys and naughty reading go soooo well together ;-)

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Mar 10, 2009

Jennifer rated it:

I had a friend who turned me on to Anne Rice when I was a teenager and I loooooved the vampire books. Then I started these - WHOA. Blew my eyes wide open. Naughty naughty naughty.

So recently I came across them while digging through my basement and thought it would be fun to see what a 37 year old Jenny thinks of these since my only perspective is from 20 years ago and teenage eyes.

The story is pretty much what I remembered. Beauty is awoken by a prince (or should I say More...

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Oct 15, 2007

Bells rated it:

YIKES! Who wants a spanking? (or several hundred, until your ass is welted and raw!?!?) Who'd like to be forced into sexual relations with people whom you don't know, but oddly, are all VERY sexy and have raw asses too? OOH! Don't pick me! (insert sound of whip cracking) I guess I lack the sadist traits that would make this enjoyable and/or sexy. WTF, Anne RICE!?!?!

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Sep 08, 2011

Flora rated it:

This is a twist on the tale of sleeping beauty to put it mildly. Its been classified as erotica or bsdm but for me it was horror erotica. There is a fine line between bsdm and abuse and the line is consent. If you take away the fantasy part of this novel with the queen and princes and castles and such and just look at the relationship between beauty and her prince you get an insite into an abusive relationship. Beauty doesn't consent to be treated this way, she only wants to please her prince. S More...

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Mar 10, 2011

seventhdeep rated it:

This is, from what my boyfriend tells me, a hilarious book to read aloud on a plane if you want to make the other passengers uncomfortable. As far as I can tell, that's its only use.

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Mar 12, 2010

elisa rated it:

ok. this book was awful. seriously. i'm giving it 1 star but it definitely deserves 0. just to be clear, people, i have nothing against sex and erotica. i'm not a prude and really don't care who you have sex with, what kind of sex you have, whether or not you're into s&m, etc, as long as it's consensual. the (over)abundance of sex in this book is entirely not consensual, except for one instance. that is my main problem with this book; not a page goes by (literally, it's overwhelming) with More...

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Sep 20, 2008

Juushika rated it:

The Prince wakens Beauty from her century of sleep—and then, as his reward for saving the castle, takes her as his prize. He leads Beauty back to his kingdom, where foreign princes and princesses are trained to be sexual slaves, willingly submitting to the most "depraved" desires. The fairy tale premise strips the story of characterization and justifies an unbelievable land where Beauty and a hundred other royals undergo public and state-sanctioned humiliating display, oft-repeated spa More...

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Jan 20, 2012

Steph rated it:

This story is not for those who shy away from anything remotely sexual. Hopefully the small writing "The First of the Classic Erotic Trilogy of Sleeping Beauty" would have caught your eye and stayed your hand, if so. The story holds tales of BDSM, M/M, F/F, voyeurism ... you name it, it's probably there. The idea of "letting go and you'll be free" resonated throughout, although I don't know that I'd do my "letting go" naked in front of Lords and Ladies while bein More...

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May 06, 2008

Kelley rated it:

You can never un-read this book. As a youth (age 20) I attempted to read it at a lover's prompting. It's the only book I have ever thrown across the room...several times. The strong female in me chafed against the seemingly barbaric dominance of the prince and the high court. Even more disturbing was that, although my mind rebelled against every new torture, my body reacted hotly with erotic lust.

I had to find a copy...I don't really want to read it again, but I want the symbol of my More...

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Apr 29, 2010

Sharon rated it:

Sleeping Beauty was not awoken with a kiss. Story of O, eat your heart out! I admit my daughter woke me up at 3.30am today and had trouble settling back down, so instead of attempting sleep between noises I finished this little gem. Smoothly written, easy to read erotica, yes, but somehow passionless with plenty of bondage, degradation, non-consensual acts and punishment. There is so much of it that it does become tedious in places, "spanking, again?". It is a deviant little world that More...

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Nov 03, 2010

Monique rated it:

Ok...so I love anne rice...I'm a huge fan of her vampire books and have been since I was a teen, but, this was way too much for me....Don't get me wrong...I love my hot and steamy romances and even erotica to a point, but, this was more like torture, literally, now if you're into that sort of thing the whole s&m it hurts so good type of stuff than I promise you will love this book, but, for me it really was a turnoff...It is part one of a trilogy loosely, very loosely based on the fairy tale of More...

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