Enchanting the Elven Mage
Alisha Klapheke
3/5
In a Sleeping Beauty retelling, Aurora isn't just a princess, but a powerful water mage who has been hidden her whole life to protect her from a curse placed in her infancy. Prince Filip is an elf who is marrying her to protect both of their kingdoms from the imminent war.
It was really creative, I love all the little unique elements which made it a great retelling. I will say that it dragged at points, the dialogue felt too much and then characters didn't really feel like they were all that intelligent in their decisions. I liked it for the premise more than I liked it for the writing mechanics.
It was a pretty average read, I didn't have strong feelings one way or the other. I thought there were super creative pieces of it but I also thought that the ending was obvious and didn't really build up enough. I don't think I would strongly recommend it but if you're interested in Sleeping Beauty or general fairy tale retellings than it might be something that you'd like to read.
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