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I have no words. Oh, wait, yes I do. Degradation and humiliation are NOT sexy. At least not to me. I enjoy erotica now and then and I don‘t consider myself a prude by any means, but this was not the erotica for me. It‘s very repetitive…I mean, enough with the spanking! Move on. BDSM is okay if the parties are consensual but that wasn‘t the case in this book. For me, there was nothing fun or sexy here.

These are my #bookspin and #doublespin picks for this month!

This “Sexy” version of Sleeping Beauty is supposed to reveal the unspoken implications of the original fairy tale, which is a pretty interesting concept. I just found the prince to be sleazy; I imagined him with greasy hair and back acne.

I read it in my freshman year of high school and it wasn‘t what I expected but I did like it

Yes after a few weeks without posting on here, this is what I come back with. I‘ve been super active on tiktok sharing reading vlogs on a book that‘s SO raunchy and kinky to the point where it‘s disturbing, as you can probably tell from my reaction here. To hell with Den of Vipers.

If u wanna follow me there and see me suffering with this book by all means, https://bit.ly/3oFpKUb

Has anyone read tagged book? If so what are your memories with it?

Meh. I thought at least the characters in erotica were supposed to enjoy it? It didn‘t feel like anyone in this book enjoyed anything. Also, probably should come with a whole lot of trigger warnings especially involving consent. Because I‘m fairly certain no one consented to anything here. And I get it‘s supposed to be a whole fantasy world but just MEH. Try again.

Wasn‘t a fan. At all. If I ever see the words buttocks and spanking again it‘ll be too soon. 🙄. ⭐️⭐️

Merry Christmas!!!!!! I‘m reading this before the first so I can start on my reading challenge for next year!!!

Heaven :]

Ok Anne Rice, I see you 😎lol. This started out really strong! Fairytale retelling with a HECK of a twist😉Very sexy, with 2 interesting/legendary main characters. Also, quite well done on audiobook. It was a “pick” until that.ENDING 😖I‘ve read erotica before and I‘m a long way from being a prude, but some of the ending was disturbing. So I rated it “so so”. But Rice is still a powerful storyteller and I will definitely be continuing the series.

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📽 A Nightmare on Elm Street
🎶 Enter Sandman - Metallica

#manicmonday @JoScho

I like a little sluttiness in my books and I‘m a fan of Anne Rice, so I assumed I would like this series. I was wrong. This is just pure trash. The story is terrible. There is just sex to have sex. I quit halfway through. Now I have to hide the series so my kids don‘t find it.

Bought this to be my beach book. My own birthday gift to myself.

Guilty pleasures and kitty cuddles. If she'll let me open the book.

Note: I didn't know the term when I read this novel but it does contain "questionable consent" and at least one scene that is straight up R....but it does break the curse so...

Anyway this was one heck of a way to get into erotica. Intense and unrelenting I totally related to beauty as she went along. She and I came to understand the power of submission amd domination together and it set me on the path to becomming an author myself.

Really don't have many words. The last three chapters were the absolute worst, plot wise. I knew it was going to really explicit, so that didn't bother me. If the last three chapters were better then my rating would have been higher. Not sure if I'll read the rest of the books in this series. 2⭐️

This is very much not my type of book at all..I don‘t typically find myself reading kinky erotica. But as it is #bannedbookweek2017 and I have no doubts as to this having been banned I‘m going to keep reading at least for now.

The Prince i.e. Villian is well characterized early. It's interesting to see the way he is already controlling Beauty less than 10 pages in. This is abuse of the highest order. I'm sticking with this for #bannedbookweek but also because I am curious to see if she rebels-there are 3 other books after this. As usual I picked a heavy #bannedbook.

And here we see why people have thought it appropriate to censor this...erotica makes people (old dead white men??) upset. I have hopes that this is good even though it has a rape scene as the first scene #bannedbookweek2017

Who else gets as excited for #bannedbookweek as I do?? There is something amazingly fantastic about sticking it to censorship. Such rebellions speak to me! Here I am with my #bannedbook waiting for brunch!

I do like erotic literature but this one was not my cup of tea. Entertaining level: 🌟#livro #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instabooks #bookstagram #igread #litsy #booklover #brazilianreader #2014Sha

Descriptive, very explicit erotica. BDSM where gender doesn't really matter in the world of sleeping Beauty. If you can't handle it, do not read this. You won't like it.

I haven't read many books about #SAndM, but I like Anne Rice, so I'll probably read this series at some point. #BookLove17

#booklove17 Day 10 I know someone already posted these but I have them and they fit. 😂 I might have others that fit but they are probably on my Kindle. #sandm

In the early 80's, Anne Rice (under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure) wrote a series of books with an alternate ending of Sleeping Beauty....that she was taken by the prince to his kingdom to be a sex slave. It was the 50 Shades of my momhood. A fantasy escape from being a stay at home mom. Lots of S and M. 😜😜 #BookLove17 #sandm

#readjanuary DNF

I hated this book. Should have been named 'The Raping and Subsequent Humiliation of Sleeping Beauty'. My quickest DNF ever. I love Anne Rice, but this was not enjoyable for me.

@RealLifeReading

I finished the book! Yey I really like this book! After I got past all the shock value of the book, I started to really like this book! It's written really well and I just started the second one!

I am reading claiming sleeping beauty... I have never had to put a book down as much as I have reading this book! 😳😳 it's a very hard book to read, however she does a fantastic job writing it and it hard not to read it! I am not going to lie I am struggling a little with this one!

Um not sure what to say about this... I can totally see why this got bad reviews, though! It's something I usually don't read so it's going to be interesting!

These were the first to come to mind with #fairytaleretelling
Cinder = Cinderella as a cyborg lost princess
Scarlet = Little Red Riding Hood falls in love with a mutant soldier named Wolf
Cress = Rapunzel lives in a satellite doing secret surveillance and falls in love with a criminal that goes blind saving her
Winter = I haven't read it yet lol but it's a Snow White retelling

#fairytaleretelling Beastly a retelling of beauty and the beast. Dorothy must die a retelling of wizard of Oz. lastly The claiming of sleeping Beauty a 50 shades but much better written take on sleeping Beauty. #muchlove #photoadaynov16

#photoadaynov16 #threwitacrosstheroom

So much hate for this book because raping teenage girls is NOT sexy. It also made me hate the word "delicious." ?

In 2009 when I was 25, I made a new friend and she insisted that I read this smut series. I traded her one of my favorite books for her copy of the first book. I had never read an erotic book before, and I didn't know what to expect. Reading about sex was a turn on for sure, but the whole enslavement thing with whipping and bondage and crawling on hands and knees was very disturbing to me. I begrudgingly finished the book. I can write better smut.

I am not exactly sure how to review this book. I did not like it! I expected it to be a more adult version of the fairy tale, meaning it had some sex and maybe some light BDSM (it was listed under "If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey", after all...not that I LIKED Fifty Shades of Grey). This book had no romance to it. It was all sex and extreme BDSM (in my opinion). The only redeeming part of the book is the end.

I do not hate this book, but I don't think I'd finish reading the series. It was shocking as expected in the beginning, but as it went on, it has stopped surprising me.

Long before E.L. James' "50 Shades" trilogy- Ann Rice penned ( as A. N. Roquelaure) The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. Set in the era- with its delicious submissive servants Roquelaure explores the hidden desires of all sexes and sexualities.

Being an Anne Rice Fan, I didn't think twice about throwing my money at the nearest associate when I saw a signed copy of this book! Good Lord was I surprised. Had to bail maybe a chapter in.

Eh. Really trashy, but well written.
2.5/5
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I read this as a freshman in high school 😂 you can ONLY IMAGINE my shock!!! My poor innocence. See what happens when you grow up next door to the library and are allowed to roam freely??? Lol

"When I ask you will say, 'Only if it pleases you, my Prince,' and I shall know the answer is yes. Or, 'Not unless it should please you, my Prince,' and I shall know the answer is no. Do you understand me?"