Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Review: Queen of Dragons: A Sleeping Beauty retelling by J.A. Armitage @ArmitageAuthor


Queen of Dragons: A Sleeping Beauty retelling
Kingdom of Fairytales #1
by J.A. Armitage
Published: January 1, 2020
Publisher: Enchanted Quill Press
Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling


Blurb:

What happened after the happily ever after?

You all know the story of your favorite fairytale, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later...

No one understands what it's like when your mother is famous for her beauty and you are, at best, average. Actually I'm wrong. She wasn't famous just for her beauty, but that's how people tell the story, how people have always told the story. That was even her name for a while. No one remembered her real name. She was just the sleeping princess or Sleeping Beauty. Even all these years later, when the royals appear in the paper, my father, the king barely gets a mention and I'm only a footnote in my own life, destined to always be Sleeping Beauty's daughter.
My name's Princess Azia Rose of Draconis and here is my story...


Following famous fairytale characters, eighteen years after their happily ever after, the Kingdom of Fairytales offers an edge of the seat thrill ride in an all new and sensational way to read.

Lighting-fast reads you won’t be able to put down

Read in real time as each chapter follows a day in the life of a character throughout the entire year, with each bite-sized episode representing a week in the life of our hero.
Each character’s story wrapped up at the end of every season with a brand new character and story featured in each season.

Fantasy has never been so epic!

SEASON ONE
SLEEPING BEAUTY

#1 Queen of Dragons
#2 Heiress of Embers
#3 Throne of Fury
#4 Goddess of Fire




MY Review:


Queen of Dragons is a retelling of sorts of Sleeping Beauty and what happened after the happily ever after bit. Queen of Dragons tells the tale of Sleeping Beauty’s daughter Princess Azia Rose of Draconis. It is time for Azia to prepare for her taking over as the Queen when the day comes of course.

Azia’s parents believe it is time for Azia to take a husband to help guide her as Queen when she takes the throne. But Azia is not ready for marriage she wants to live life on her own and to have the opportunity to explore life and  if love is in the cards for her then maybe one day she will meet her prince charming but if not that is ok too.

When the king and queen introduces Azia to her husband to be she is so upset by the idea of marring this man that when she opens her mouth out pops the words that she can’t marry this guy as she already has a boyfriend not what she expected to say at all. Her parents had no idea that she was dating anyone so when they ask who she is dating she gives them the name of one of her guards.

Azia has gotten herself in a mess now because the guard has no clue that they are dating but when she informs him of the fact he plays along nicely as I do believe the guard has a huge crush on our little princess. The news of Azia’s boyfriend does not deter her parents in the least as they continue to insist that she is to marry the other guy. Who will become the next Prince Charming the guard or this new guy that Azia does not like in the least?

Something strange is happening in the kingdom as something has changed. Dragons have always flown over the land but now they are flying lower than usual. What is up with the dragons? Why are they flying lower? Will they attack the people?

Queen of Dragons is a wonderful retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Queen of Dragons is just the beginning into a new world of fairy tale retellings that I am so happy to be a part of. I can’t wait for more in this world of retellings. Queen of Dragons has a few twists but there was one big twist that I did not see coming I was expecting one thing and got another. Wow now that was one surprising twist. After that twist I can’t wait to see what is in store for us in the next chapter of the Kingdom of Fairytales with the Heiress of Embers.

I highly recommend Queen of Dragons to anyone who loved reading the famous fairy tale Sleeping Beauty growing up. Oh and if you are into dragons then Queen of Dragons is the book for you.


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