This is definitely not a book anyone under 18 years old should be reading. I had no idea Anne Rice could be so dark! I haven't read The Vampire Chronicles so this was my first taste of what Anne Rice has to offer. And I am hooked! On my copy, it says this is for lovers of 50 Shades . Pffft, 50 Shades looks like Disney compared to this book. Yeah, it's THAT intense.

Basically this is a pretty loose retelling of Sleeping Beauty. The beginning is somewhat Sleeping Beauty. A prince finds Beauty sleeping in her decrepit kingdom for hundreds of years. Except, the prince doesn't wake her with a kiss. Beauty is woken into a world of seduction, desire and love.

This book is dark. It's about the most innate feeling we feel as humans. pleasure. We live our lives to please ourselves. This book explores that pleasure in many different and dark ways and what us humans would do to gain that pleasure.

This isn't for the faint of heart. The things that are talked about are described in the most detailed way. Nothing is left to wonder. You get everything. So if you are sensitive to super sexual natures, do not read this book or this series.

But if you are curious about how Anne Rice spins the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, then this is the book for you. I know that I will be ordering the second book soon and hopefully the rest of the series soon after that. I am hooked and I am curious to see just how dark Anne Rice can make Sleeping Beauty.