Connie B. (prosperedwoman) - , reviewed on 5/11/2007 + 92 more book reviews

In the traditional folk tale of "Sleeping Beauty," the spell case upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. Now Anne Rice's retalling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale of exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the Prince awakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the hundred years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him . . .

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