Awaken by Christy
Sloat
“As much as I’d love to sit by Sawyer’s bedside and eagerly
await a cure, I must first travel into the terrifying Dark Woods to stop Raven
from stripping me of all that is rightfully mine. I am not only a queen, but a
warrior who will fight for her kingdom. Some may die. Blood will be shed. But
when this ending comes, I will settle for nothing less than a blissful ever
after.” – GoodReads.com
Awaken is the second book in the Slumber Duology. Book one, Slumber
was a retelling of Sleeping Beauty with an incredible twist on the beloved
classic. Princess Rory had been taken to an asylum where she was accused of brutally
murdering her betrothed, Philip. Rory had no memory of doing so but later when
her memories were returned she remembered that Philip was not her true love,
Sawyer was, a half-Fae buy who worked in her castle. He was kind and loving but
when Raven, Maleficent’s minion wounded him a sleeping curse was bestowed upon
him to save him from dying.
Awaken picks up months after Slumber left us and flows
nicely back into the story. When we find Aurora now, in Awaken her family has
been destroyed because of Maleficent and Raven, Aurora is being crowned queen
because of losing her father to Maleficent. Raven has fled the land of Ancora
and Rory must find her in order to save Sawyer. As the three beloved fairies
work to find the cure to Sawyer’s sleeping curse Rory works hard to train and
prepare for Raven’s return to Ancora. Rory will have to do something she has
been warned about her whole life, go into the Dark Forest in the hope that she
will be able to defeat Raven and cure her beloved of his curse!
I was so honored Christy Sloat sent me an ARC of Awaken! So a
HUGE thanks to her for that! I LOVED Slumber and had been waiting for this book
and it totally lived up to my expectations!
Recommended age:
14+
On to the ratings!
Stars..
0 = None 10 = Tons
THE FEELS:
I must say I was feeling the feels. I waited for this book
for months and so wanted Sawrora to be okay! Some characters that I really
liked got injured or died and that’s just flat out sad! Also her Coronation wasn’t
that long or emotional but, shoot if I didn't tear up thinking that her daddy
and beau should have been there! Lol!
8/10
Violence:
There are a few moments that can be considered violent, an
axe wielding creep, a beheading, a short battle, you know, the expected fantasy
stuff!
4/10
Sexual content:
Several kisses.
3/10
Crude language:
There are minor curse words used throughout the book and
some feel very out of place for the setting and what you’d expect for the
fairytale dialect. Words like “damn” “hell” and “ass”
6.5/10
Other elements/comments:
A small hint of homosexuality and the conflict that would
Rory murdering Raven and Maleficent making her the same as them both or is she
justifiably killing? Could she just capture her and keep her in a giant
birdcage to suffer for her crimes instead of wanting to kill?
Overall:
Over all I enjoyed the story! Christy’s writing style is the
same in both books giving them really nice fluidity! I love the classic
Sleeping beauty theme throughout yet the beauty herself is never asleep! I recommend
this Duology to lovers of Throne of Glass and The Hunger Games as it has
several female leading characters! #SAWRORA FOREVER! …..and also HUGE thanks to
Christy for adding the classic pink and blue bit I asked for! Totally just made
my life! J
Xoxo
- Sarah
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