Have you ever wondered what happens to the other people in the fairy tale?
Things look grim for Talia and her mother. By royal proclamation, t... read full description
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Oct 17, 2011
Stephan
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I don’t usually read novellas, nor do I read ebooks. But the premise of The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt was too good to ignore. The first story in the Accidental Enchantments series, this is a retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty and it’s a retelling in a way that has never been done before.
Sleeping Beauty retold
The Sevenfold Spell tells the story of Talia, a regular girl living in the city when Aurora, the princess of Sleeping Beauty, is born. Talia, however, spins wool fo More...
Sleeping Beauty retold
The Sevenfold Spell tells the story of Talia, a regular girl living in the city when Aurora, the princess of Sleeping Beauty, is born. Talia, however, spins wool fo More...
Jul 02, 2011
Bettie
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May 04, 2011
Sarah
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Dec 17, 2010
Kat
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Most readers who follow the fantasy blogs will recognize Tia Nevitt’s name — she’s been running her own debut blog for years and is a regular contributor at the website I contribute to. She also happens to be a personal friend; she lives in my city and we like to trade books.
I suppose that’s why she didn’t send me a review copy of her own debut novella, The Sevenfold Spell. She probably figured I’d feel obligated to say something nice. Well I don’t (I’m not as nice as she thinks I am), More...
I suppose that’s why she didn’t send me a review copy of her own debut novella, The Sevenfold Spell. She probably figured I’d feel obligated to say something nice. Well I don’t (I’m not as nice as she thinks I am), More...
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Dec 17, 2010
Between the Covers
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This book was not at all what I was expecting. I thought this book would show the characters of the Sleeping Beauty story in a new light and add more details and side stories. Instead, this seemed to be the story of self-discovery for Talia, the town harlot, with the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale woven loosely throughout it.
Once I adjusted my expectations, this story was enjoyable. Talia had a clear voice throughout the story, and it was interesting to see how certain events fit within th More...
Once I adjusted my expectations, this story was enjoyable. Talia had a clear voice throughout the story, and it was interesting to see how certain events fit within th More...
Oct 28, 2010
Chibineko
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If you're a fan of fairy tales or even if you're not, you've more than likely heard the tale of Sleeping Beauty or seen one of the many different film versions of it. You know the princess, the good fairies, the evil fairy who conspires to commit murder by spinning wheel, as well as the prince who eventually breaks the spell & wins the girl. But what about the other people, the ones who are hurt by the destruction of the kingdom's spinning wheels?
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Oct 21, 2010
Lexie
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Oct 17, 2010
Jennifer
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I grew up watching Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, falling in love with the delightful fairies and the beautiful princess every time I watched it. But there was another side to the story that I had never considered, and author Tia Nevitt has brought it to life.
A royal decree declared that every spinning wheel in the land should be destroyed. But what would become of those in the town who depended on their spinning wheels to earn their wages? Talia, the town’s most plain looking woman, loses More...
A royal decree declared that every spinning wheel in the land should be destroyed. But what would become of those in the town who depended on their spinning wheels to earn their wages? Talia, the town’s most plain looking woman, loses More...
Oct 01, 2010
Kt from A Book Obsession..
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Everyone knows the story of Sleeping Beauty, but what about the other characters? What happened to them when all of the spinning wheels were destroyed? In this book we meet Talia, a homely girl with only one real prospect at marriage, a boy named Willard. When their spinning wheel was destroyed and Talia and her mother have no way to make an income, Willard's father refuses to allow them to marry. When his father announces he will be sending Willard to a Monestary in three weeks, Talia gives Wi
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Aug 23, 2010
Susanna
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I love The SevenFold Spell. It’s Sleeping Beauty still in its tiny hamlet from once-upon-a-time-long-ago. Yet this version is told in the POV of Talia, the village harlot and owner of the spinning wheel which pricked the Princess. Talia is pragmatic, witty, sexy, and kind. She starts this world in the opposite circumstances of the Princess. Talia is homely and poor -- thanks to the King’s degree which ruined her and her mother’s thread-making business. What I love most is that Talia is an exp
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Jan 09, 2011
Falling Off The Shelf
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This review was originally posted on my review blog : http://fallingofftheshelf.blogspot.com
I've always been a huge fan of a good fairy tale retelling, and when I read the synopsis of this book on NetGalley I had to read it. Sleeping Beauty has always been one of my favorites, and I wanted to read what Nevitt's take on this story would be. I was surprised at the approach, but still intrigued.
Normally, the princess is the main character, but not in this retelling. A young m More...
I've always been a huge fan of a good fairy tale retelling, and when I read the synopsis of this book on NetGalley I had to read it. Sleeping Beauty has always been one of my favorites, and I wanted to read what Nevitt's take on this story would be. I was surprised at the approach, but still intrigued.
Normally, the princess is the main character, but not in this retelling. A young m More...
Dec 13, 2010
April
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THE SEVENFOLD SPELL by Tia Newitt is a paranormal fairy tale set in days of old. It is well written with depth,details, and is fast paced. It has magic, spells, romance,fairies, princesses, princes,fairy godmother,curses, sacrifice, rewards and true love. Hat happens when sleeping beauty turns out to be a sleeping ugly instead? Would you sacrifice your life for another, someone you loved when she was just a child and put under an evil spell for a hundred years? This is just what the heroine woul
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Nov 20, 2010
Cyna
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Nov 15, 2010
Kim
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Talia and their mother have always made their living by spinning, but with the new laws of the land, they lose their sole source of income. For Talia, it also meant the loss of her potential husband and children. Finally, facing absolute poverty, Talia and her mother determine to build a new, illicit spinning wheel, using any means necessary. Through ups and downs, sacrifice and heartache, Talia has never forgotten her first love and dreams of being with him once again.
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Oct 11, 2010
Christin
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This book was not at all what I was expecting. I thought this book would show the characters of the Sleeping Beauty story in a new light and add more details and side stories. Instead, this seemed to be the story of self-discovery for Talia, the town harlot, with the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale woven loosely throughout it.
Once I adjusted my expectations, this story was enjoyable. Talia had a clear voice throughout the story, and it was interesting to see how certain events fit within th More...
Once I adjusted my expectations, this story was enjoyable. Talia had a clear voice throughout the story, and it was interesting to see how certain events fit within th More...
Oct 06, 2010
Nina
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I thought this book would be different. I thought it would contain lot of magic scenes and sweet romance. The Sevenfold Spell disappointed me. The romance and the feeling that you get when you read a fairy tale was missing and for me those two are essential to a story like this.
Talia was a character I did not find likeable. Maybe it was because the story was 97 pages and there wasn’t any depth or just because she was not that fun. She felt a little bit too flat for me.
Her actio More...
Talia was a character I did not find likeable. Maybe it was because the story was 97 pages and there wasn’t any depth or just because she was not that fun. She felt a little bit too flat for me.
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Oct 01, 2010
Lydia
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I am a sucker for re-told fairy tales. I've read everything from retold stories from Snow White to Peter Pan to Little Red Riding Hood in the past year, so when I saw this alternate tale regarding Sleeping Beauty I jumped on it.
This is a novelette. It's 97 pages long, or thereabouts and easily read in an afternoon. A warning, however - this book contains VERY adult material, this is not a fairy tale to be passing out to teens without consideration.
Talia is a girl tha More...
This is a novelette. It's 97 pages long, or thereabouts and easily read in an afternoon. A warning, however - this book contains VERY adult material, this is not a fairy tale to be passing out to teens without consideration.
Talia is a girl tha More...
Mar 20, 2011
E.B.
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I really enjoyed this book. More than my last four choices combined. It was a the perfect bite sized adventure for me. I'm posting my review from my review blog: http://elsielovesfiction.blogspot.com
A Fairy Tale of a Book,That Deserves a Storybook Review
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A month ago I downloaded a novella from Carina Press. For those that haven't been there, it is a nice little site. A subsidiary of Harlequin, they publish solely in ebook format & every Tuesday(? I think?) More...
A Fairy Tale of a Book,That Deserves a Storybook Review
(Finally, a review!)
A month ago I downloaded a novella from Carina Press. For those that haven't been there, it is a nice little site. A subsidiary of Harlequin, they publish solely in ebook format & every Tuesday(? I think?) More...
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Oct 18, 2010
Krystle
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I decided to pick up an ARC of this because I love fairy tales, and this was a retelling of one of my favorites, Sleeping Beauty. The beautiful cover helped too with its vibrant colors and neat wavy title. I like it when designers do things with the title than have it in some standard straight text.
There were many areas where I thought things could have been fleshed out; characterizations, elapsing of time, and transitions into new conflicts, but seeing as how this is a novella I think More...
There were many areas where I thought things could have been fleshed out; characterizations, elapsing of time, and transitions into new conflicts, but seeing as how this is a novella I think More...
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Aug 22, 2010
Tina
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Dec 16, 2010
Jennifer
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Full disclosure: Tia is one of my online friends. She runs the Debuts & Reviews blog and was nice enough to send me a copy of her e-book, The Sevenfold Spell.
After a kingdom-wise ban on spinning wheels in order to protect the princess from a vicious curse, Talia and her mother don't know how they're going to survive since spinning is all they know. To add insult to injury, the boy that Talia was supposed to marry is sent off by his father to become a monk. Talia considers herself to b More...
After a kingdom-wise ban on spinning wheels in order to protect the princess from a vicious curse, Talia and her mother don't know how they're going to survive since spinning is all they know. To add insult to injury, the boy that Talia was supposed to marry is sent off by his father to become a monk. Talia considers herself to b More...
Sep 12, 2010
Colette
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I have to admit, growing up I was never one to question what happened to the other people in fairy tales. However, ever since I read A Happily Ever After of Her Own by Nadia Lee and seeing the musical Wicked, my curiosity in this area has grown. So when I was on Netgalley the other day looking for the Winter Passage by Julie Kawaga and saw this novella, I knew I had to give it a try.
The Sevenfold Spell is spin off of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Ever since P More...
Apr 21, 2011
Bonnie at
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Everyone enjoys a true Happily Ever After tale, but what happens to the people living in the kingdom who are also effected by the hero/heroine's curse? The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt, the first in her Accidental Enchantments series, centers around Talia, a spinner whose spinning when is taken away after a curse is laid upon the princess destined to become Sleeping Beauty.
Talia's story is heartbreakingly sad. She is a very plain girl with few marriage prospects. She spins to make More...
Talia's story is heartbreakingly sad. She is a very plain girl with few marriage prospects. She spins to make More...
Oct 22, 2010
Jennifer
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If you could adapt a fairytale, how would you do it? Would you keep it traditional or add your own personal twist to spice it up? Tia Nevitt has definitely chosen the latter. Talia is the so called ugly duckling of her village and she longs to be loved. She meets Willard at the market; he too isn't all that appealing to the ladies. They become somewhat of an item and Talia quickly becomes obsessed with having his baby. Marriage becomes a possibility but as quickly as they came together they are
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Jun 30, 2011
Stella
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I have to say The Sevenfold Spell is the fairy tale retelling I have read which is the most original and which deviates the most from the classic fairy tale. I loved Tia Nevitt's unique perception of what really happened in the Sleeping Beauty tale. There are two main arcs where The Sevenfold Spell differs from the original Sleeping Beauty: the arc regarding the heroine Talia and the other one concerning the princess.
Let me first start with Talia's story.
The story grips t More...
Let me first start with Talia's story.
The story grips t More...
Nov 17, 2010
Jessica
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Going into The Sevenfold Spell I had certain expectations, since it was a retelling of a fairy tale. As a reader who has fallen in love with these types of stories, I am always excited to see how the author takes the characters and puts them in new situations. My high expectations for this story may have been why I was a little taken aback when I first began reading. Part of me knew that this book was more about other characters, and less about the main characters, but I was still a little disap
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Jan 14, 2011
Ranting
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I don’t usually read novellas, nor do I read ebooks. But the premise of The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt was too good to ignore. The first story in the Accidental Enchantments series, this is a retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty and it’s a retelling in a way that has never been done before.
Sleeping Beauty retold
The Sevenfold Spell tells the story of Talia, a regular girl living in the city when Aurora, the princess More...
I don’t usually read novellas, nor do I read ebooks. But the premise of The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt was too good to ignore. The first story in the Accidental Enchantments series, this is a retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty and it’s a retelling in a way that has never been done before.
Sleeping Beauty retold
The Sevenfold Spell tells the story of Talia, a regular girl living in the city when Aurora, the princess More...
Feb 11, 2011
Habrewer
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The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt
* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
The Sevenfold spell is a spin on the sleeping beauty fairytale. You have a princess that has an evil spell placed on her, prince charming that is supposed to break the spell, and fairy godmothers to try and protect the princess.
Talia and her mother don't know what they are going to do now that they had to give up their spinning wheel like everyone else More...
* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
The Sevenfold spell is a spin on the sleeping beauty fairytale. You have a princess that has an evil spell placed on her, prince charming that is supposed to break the spell, and fairy godmothers to try and protect the princess.
Talia and her mother don't know what they are going to do now that they had to give up their spinning wheel like everyone else More...
Mar 07, 2011
Jennifer
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The Sevenfold Spell is a quirky, quick re-imagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. It doesn't focus on the Sleeping Beauty character, but the twist does involve her. This book has quite a few sexual escapades to its name, which shouldn't be surprising coming from Carina Press. I picked this book from Netgalley's catalog because I follow the author's blog, and I was pleased to find that her engaging voice from her online pursuits comes through in the writing. I could have done without some of
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Aug 18, 2010
Carien
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An original take on the Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale. The above description may give you the idea this story focuses on the building of the new spinning wheel, but that's not true. Far more it is a tale about Talia and how she must adjust to a whole different sort of life than she thought she would live. Her choices aren't easy and not always smart, but her strenght of will and her kind nature are what make you feel for her and make you wish she will get as much a happ More...
An original take on the Sleeping Beauty Fairy Tale. The above description may give you the idea this story focuses on the building of the new spinning wheel, but that's not true. Far more it is a tale about Talia and how she must adjust to a whole different sort of life than she thought she would live. Her choices aren't easy and not always smart, but her strenght of will and her kind nature are what make you feel for her and make you wish she will get as much a happ More...
