The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure

The language sounds fake, wooden, juvenile, and forced. Yes, everything else aside, the writing in this book is unbelievably bad. And still I could not escape the endlessly boring spanking or the atrocious language. Well, 'read' is not quite accurate of a word it was so badly written that I ended up having to skim through most of it. But seeing three women today engrossed in that Twilight BDSM fanfic that we do not speak of reminded me of having read this one a few years ago. BDSM is consensual otherwise just call it rape and stop trying to make it sexy.Īnother reason for the brain bleach is the sheer awfulness of this dreck, which I really tried to forget. Make it consensual or do not write about it at all, and definitely do not present that as sexy. Rape is never okay, and it should not be used as a 'sexy' way to start a story. The Prince rapes Beauty while she is unconscious. But I do have a problem with rape presented as being okay and even sexy.

I've mentioned before that I have zero problem with any sexual activity that however many consenting adults engage in. And 'boring' is definitely not the word that any erotica book should be described as, right? Right? A drinking game with taking a shot every time spanking is mentioned would not last long (that is, unless you have truly remarkable alcohol-digesting enzymes and a stomach made of steel).Īnd since there are only so many ways to spank somebody (and this book quickly explores ALL the possibilities), the book quickly becomes quite repetitive and incredibly boring. Which is repeated so many times it almost does not look like a real word anymore. Public service notice: This book has been brought to you thanks to the generous sponsorship by the word 'spanking'. No, I'm not a prude (I'm a gynecologist, I've seen and heard EVERYTHING). I want to bleach my brain after reading this.

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure