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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

Written by: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Samantha Prescott, Corbin Steele
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From best-selling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure, in the traditional folktale of "Sleeping Beauty", the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. Now Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive tale by exploring its undeniable connection to sexual desire. Here the prince reawakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for ending the 100 years of enchantment is Beauty's complete and total enslavement to him…as Anne Rice explores the world of erotic yearning and fantasy in a classic that becomes, with her skillful pen, a compelling experience.

©1983 A. N. Roquelaure (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

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if you're into BDSM...

way too slave-ish for my taste.. I couldn't finish it. There was too much punishment and slavery and it was very uncomfortable.

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love this series

I read these before Ann Rice was even known. loved it then, still love it now.
Fantasy erotica, narrated well, and clearly.
Recommend.

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Not my cup of tea

If you are into spanking, you will love this book. Unfortunately, the spanking did nothing for me, and the plot and character development was insufficient to keep me interested.

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terrible

as a woman i refuse to listen to something degrading like this this shocked me

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Wow!

Very engaging and erotic story. Looking to next forward to the next book in the series.

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not a fan of the language

with all the creative ways to refer to genitalia, why would you use his/her sex?? couldn't get past that.

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Written for Women, soft core BDSM

Being a Dude , it’s not for me. This is very soft core fantasy porn , written for women of all ages to masturbate too. Anne Rice calls a woman’s Pussy the same thing as a mans penis . She calls it his and her Sex. I found it annoying . I know any submissive woman would love the soft core BDSM.

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Amazing, Erotic, Fantastic

This series was recommeded by my librarian about 20yrs ago. loved it then, love it now.

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I tried.

As an open minded person, i picked this book based on a review. i certainly have read nothing like it. It had such an arrogant and mean tone from the Prince in the beginning. I felt so terrible for Beauty. I continued reading, hoping it would go differently, but it didn't- I couldn't get past the way she was being treated. I decided not to continue. This one was just not for me.

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