This is such a fascinating idea to me that I’m surprised someone hadn’t done it already. Her kingdom is no longer a recognized kingdom, Jack isn’t a prince, and at 16, he’s gonna get married over his dead body.Īnd let’s play our game, ladies and gentlemen. So, how does Flinn handle Sleeping Beauty? By keeping Sleeping Beauty’s origin in the fairy tale world, but increasing the length of her sleep so that when she woke up, it was in the modern world with a modern boy, 300 years later. I am always fascinated by the prospect of putting classic fairy tales into the real, modern world because there are always issues you have to overcome, usually about magic. Type of Adaptation: Combination retelling and modernizationĪlex Flinn loves her modernizations, and thank goodness she does, because I love them, too. Think you have dating issues? Try locking lips with a snoozing stunner who turns out to be 316 years old. Now I'm stuck with a bratty princess and a trunk full of her jewels.The good news: My parents will freak! I have no choice but to run away with this commoner! Now I am in dire trouble because my father, the king, says I have brought ruin upon our country. I awakened in the same place but in another time-to a stranger's soft kiss. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind. I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic. Talia fell under a spell.Jack broke the curse.
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