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ISBN:	0399256644 (ISBN13: 9780399256646)
Edition Language:	English

Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty

Jane Yolen

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.44 | 927 Users | 157 Reviews

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Title	:	Curse of the Thirteenth Fey: The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty
Author	:	Jane Yolen
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	November 8th 2012 by Philomel Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fairy Tales. Retellings. Fiction

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A reimagining of Sleeping Beauty from a master storyteller.

Gorse is the thirteenth and youngest in a family of fairies tied to the evil king's land and made to do his bidding. Because of an oath made to the king's great-great-ever-so-many-times-great-grandfather, if they try to leave or disobey the royals, they will burst into a thousand stars.

When accident-prone Gorse falls ill just as the family is bid to bless the new princess, a fairytale starts to unfold. Sick as she is, Gorse races to the castle with the last piece of magic the family has left--a piece of the Thread of Life. But that is when accident, mayhem, and magic combine to drive Gorse's story into the unthinkable, threatening the baby, the kingdom, and all.

With her trademark depth, grace, and humor, Jane Yolen tells readers the "true" story of the fairy who cursed Sleeping Beauty.

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Ratings: 3.44 From 927 Users | 157 Reviews

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I don't think this is really a retelling, though it is titled as one. The connection with Sleeping Beauty distracts from the best parts of the story. I found myself often wondering when we were going to be back to the main plot, not realizing that we were already there. I think it would have been far better with a little tighter prose and plot. A fun read as is, but another round of editing could have made it really good.

The middle part of the book about the cursed fey princes was genuinely interesting. But the narrative really falls apart once it gets back to the Sleeping Beauty retelling, and the ending is almost nonsensical. This would have been better as a purely original story.



At the beginning of this story I fell in love.The world is enchanting. The language babbles like a brook. There are made up fantasy games and rules that are mentioned but not explained, giving the feel of a real world that extends far beyond the borders of the pages.I started reading this and thought, this is everything I'm looking for in a story. This is what I *want*.And at no particular point did that ever fade. It just never blossomed either. Our heroine doesn't demonstrate any particular

In the book Curse of the Thirteenth Fey:True Tale of Sleeping Beauty By Jane Yolen We meet main character Gorse and shes the youngest in a family of fairies which is tied to the evil Kings land and was made to do his bidding. Soon enough Gorse becomes ill and goes to the castle and sets a spell on the royal family which was a sleeping curse

This is the first Jane Yolen book I read that I have not particularly enjoyed. I felt like it tried too hard to be something else - to conform to some type of genre or something. It just wasn't typical Jane Yolen. I did manage to get through the entire book, and if I could describe it in one word, I would say "muddled". I just wasn't invested in it. I had such high hopes for a Jane Yolen novel, but it just wasn't for me.

I enjoy retellings of fairy tales, and this story was very imaginative and not what I expected. It's really the story of the faeries rather than of Sleeping Beauty. The story we recognize as Sleeping Beauty is a very small part of this story, but it works well being small. I will look for more of Yolen's books.