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| Rise & Shine |
Rise and Shine by
Sandra D. Bricker is a relatively true-to-the-original-story retelling of
Sleeping Beauty, even if it does take place in contemporary times. We have the sleeping beauty Shannon Ridgeway
who has been in a coma since she was in a diving accident on her honey moon
(though, the back of the book says it was a car accident that put her in the
coma which kind of threw me for a loop).
She awakes ten years later with the help of Dr. Daniel Petros to find
that she’s slept away ten years of her life, her husband is dead, and the world
has moved on without her. Shannon sets
out to rediscover who she is in this strange world, but she’s not alone. She has the help of her three lovable aunts,
her best friend from grade school, and the handsome Dr. Petros to help her get
her feet underneath her. But even with
all their combined efforts will she be able to find her happily ever after
especially with her deceased husband’s sister, Millicent, bent on making her
life miserable?
On a whole this book was a sweet, cute fairy tale retelling,
though I did find it to be a little depressing at times. As I read I kept wondering what I would do if
I were in Shannon’s place and lost the things that she did, which really made
me feel for her. I received a copy for
an honest review from Moody Publishers and the opinions are my own.
Reviewed by Nicki
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