It’s all about Aurora’s inner turmoil and her decision to finally get off her obedient butt and actually do what she wants.Ī Wicked Thing is a take on Sleeping Beauty - but tells the story of Princess Aurora after she wakes up. It’s more of a character-driven story than a plot-driven one, I’d say.

( Have you read my review of The Orphan Queen? Both books used very standard fantasy tropes and didn’t overly impress me.) It was interesting enough, but nothing really happened.

I love me some fairy tale retellings, but A Wicked Thing felt a little flat - and a little too similar to other books of this type that aren’t even retellings. Rhiannon Thomas weaves together vivid scenes of action, romance, and gorgeous gowns to reveal a richly imagined world … and Sleeping Beauty as she’s never been seen before. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run. 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. Rhiannon Thomas’s dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining of Sleeping Beauty and what happens after happily ever after.

A wicked thing by rhiannon thomas