The few characters that Aurora interacts with seem either intentionally mysterious or underdeveloped. People try to control her actions, and she doesn’t question it. I understand she has absolutely no experience with what she’s dealing with, but she never does anything about it. Aurora is, unfortunately, locked in a room for the majority of this story and spends that time complaining about her situation. I was hoping for lots of action, plotting, and risky decision-making. I guess all the hype that accompanies fairy tales (I’m looking at you, Disney) placed my expectations for A Wicked Thing fairly high. She knows her story ends with “happily ever after,” but she sure doesn’t feel like that’s happening for her. I’ve seen a ton of authors take elements of fairy tales and incorporate them into their stories (for example, Marissa Meyer and The Lunar Chronicles series) but continuing a fairy tale is something new to me.Ī Wicked Thing takes place right after Aurora (or Sleeping Beauty, as we may be more familiar with) wakes up from “true love’s kiss.” Society has been waiting for her to rise and rule the kingdom, but she has no direction and doesn’t know whom to trust. I waited very patiently for this book to come out and once it did, I read it the second I brought it home from the library. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run.Links: Purchase from The Book Depository or Amazon Īny book having to do with fairy tales is automatically placed on my “to read” list, and A Wicked Thing was no exception. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept.Īs Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. and Sleeping Beauty as she's never been seen before. Vividly imagined scenes of action, romance, and political intrigue are seamlessly woven together to reveal a richly created world.
Rhiannon Thomas's dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining of what happens after happily ever after.
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