The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty: A Novel: 1 (Sleeping Beauty Novel)

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This book is about repetitive rape, torture, humilation, beating and spanking. It never lets up. Towards the end I found my self skippng the torture parts as they are very repetitive and not my cup of tea. Nothing in this book is conscensual. This book has nothing to do with relationships or love. In reality this rape and tortute is done more for sport than anything else. Because it pleases them to do so. If a slave misbehaves then the punishment and torture is extreme and on display for all to see. Even when the slave pleases her master or mistress they still get punished in some way or another. Then there's lots of degradation and sexual deviance. It seems the kingdom in which Beauty's being sent... taken? Is actually the "training facility" for MANY MANY princes and princesses from all over the world. a b Ramsland, Katherine M. (1991). Prism of the Night: Biography of Anne Rice. Dutton Adult. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-525-93370-0.

With the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey, Plume (an imprint of Penguin Publishers... I believe) are republishing with new covers and pushing Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty BDSM erotica series HARD. Anyway, then I happened across it on NetGalley and was all sorts of intrigued - all over again! Professor Linda Badley of Middle Tennessee State University wrote in her 1996 book Writing Horror and the Body on the trilogy, that rewriting the myth of Sleeping Beauty as sadomasochistic fantasies enabled Anne Rice to explore "liminal areas of experience that could not be articulated in conventional literature, extant pornography, or politically correct discourse". [19] Television adaptation [ edit ] Ramsland, Katherine M. (1991). Prism of the Night: Biography of Anne Rice. Dutton Adult. p. 243. ISBN 0-525-93370-0. Troise, Laura. "Anne Rice FAQ Part 2/2". Archived from the original on August 2, 2012 . Retrieved October 11, 2010. Beauty is, of course, Sleeping Beauty and her awakening by the prince is pretty much rape, which is how the original story was told anyway. Once Beauty is woken she's told that her whole kingdom is now ruled by his family, and that he's taking her as a slave. So much of this is also nonconsensual. Her parents agree to her going, and reveal that they both served a term as slaves and felt the better for it, but Beauty herself is given no choice. (*But that's okay because she's in love with the prince.)

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I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that’s made me feel this disturbed, and I’ve never failed to get further than four chapters of a book before. For those referying this to Fifty Shades of Grey...DONT. Fifty Shades of Grey had to do with Submission. The Claiming of Beauty is about slavery. Two very different lifestyles. I have a lot of friends who live both lifetyles so I am familiar with both. My issues with this book is that I feel that a woman has a choice to make the decesion to become either a submissive or a slave. It's a consciounce choice and a natural desire to want and need to please his or her master. Once that decesion has been made, the training/transformation can then begin...with conscent of both parties involved. Beauty had no choice. She was raped while still being "asleep" and then forced out of her home and taken away from her parents. Mind you she is 15. Rape of children is not my cup of tea. Majority of the slaves in this book are children (teenagers). A lot of readers found the sex scenes "hot". I was not able to seperate the idea since I knew the age of beauty. No offense to anyone..this is just me. The novel explores themes of sexuality, sensuality, and human desire, as well as the power dynamics that exist between men and women. It has been criticized for its explicit sexual content and has been banned in some countries. However, it is also praised for its exploration of human sexuality and elegant prose style. Despite the controversies surrounding it, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty remains popular among readers and is considered a classic in the erotica genre. Details of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty Book Book Guiley, Rosemary E.; Macabre, J. B. (1994). The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead. Macmillan General Reference. p. 86. ISBN 0-671-85024-5.

This fight for dominance is by no means unusual. Look at the continual battle among even pre-school brothers and sisters for dominance. It's just not the older ones, the younger will continually challenge. The result is a continuing battle. I'm just at a loss... It's the sub plot I liked, rather than the central plot. And not because I have any problem with raunchy, rough sex but because... but this was more like sexual torture. And honestly with the recent BDSM craze from Fifty Shades of Grey I can see why they're pushing this series, but it's very different. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty was written in 1983 by Anne Rice, who is also known by her pen name A. N. Roquela. Hoppenstand, Gary; Browne, Ray B. (1996). The Gothic World of Anne Rice. Popular Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-87972-708-X.Prince Alexi, the favorite slave of the dearest Queen is soooo endearing from the moment we are introduced to him... And Beauty herself is quite enamored with him, even though she isn't supposed to look at him or make notice of him at all. The next day, after having made Tristan march through the crowded streets, which included a short but intense meeting with the Captain of the Guard, Nicholas asks Tristan a series of questions as to what makes a strong, highborn prince obey with such a complete submission. Tristan answers, after some hesitation, that he loves anyone who punishes him no matter how crude or lowly they are and desires the loss of his self amid all the punishments, eventually "becoming" the punishments himself. Nicholas is moved by the answer and, after a frantic intercourse, confesses to him that he is in love with Tristan. Even the name is demeaning. She may have been the "Sleeping beauty," but her real name is never used. That is as demeaning as always referring to a person by a number instead of their name -- a common habit in prison; or the "Hey, you" or worse by a domineering spouse. Now I must say that I wasn't a huge fan of Anne Rice's whiny vamp in Interview with a Vampire... But The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is waving hot, filthy sex and my favorite fairy tale around and I tell you what- you've got yourself one intrigued Brunette. Right?