So, first of all, we've seen books like this before, right? Books where the authors put a twist on Snow White, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, or any other classic fairy tale (Ex: Cinder series, Splintered). So the plot of this book is pretty simple. A girl unaware of a curse she has (She is destined to have the same fate as Sleeping Beauty), travels to her home town Beau Rivage.
So, Mira is like any basic character, Parents dead, wants to learn more about her past. So she runs away to her birthplace and the place where her parents supposedly died in a fire. When she gets to Beau Rivage, she meets a series of characters who have their own fairy tale curse. She then learns about her curse and her "trigger" (what sets off the curse and puts her to sleep).
But along with that, she meets Blue Valentine, and his brother, Felix Valentine. At first Blue seems like a total asshole, and Felix is the type of guy she falls in love with. She later discovers that Blue and Felix share a curse where they cannot live without love, and to survive, they kill other woman by kissing them (and feeding off of their energy).
So this starts a whole new series of confusion about Mira's relationship with Felix, and whether he is good or bad.
I believe that overall, this was a good book to read. I think it was interesting how Sarah Cross took the original fairy tale characters and made them into modern day teenagers. It was different from other "fairy tale plot twist" stories, because she added new problems that the characters had, and told their struggle to deal with their curses.
Overall, I would give this book an 8 out of 10 star rating. The only criticism I have, is that the plot was good, and the dialogue wasn't bad, it just wasn't as good as it could have been. So, Drama= Good, Suspense= Great. Not much more to say.
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