Sleeping Beauty is my favourite Disney princess movie so I'm instantly on board with retellings or reimaginings. I love the way A Wicked Thing is pitched because, to me, Aurora's reaction in this story to a-prince-kissing-her-and-telling-her-she's-been-asleep-for-a-hundred-years-but-don't-worry-we'll-take-care-of-everything-so-just-go-with-it is a MUCH more realistic one. Forget a happily ever after. I want to know what the hell is going on! 
 Aurora is reasonably shaken up after her reawakening, as the life and people she had always known are gone and they aren't coming back. I wanted her to fight back right away because the people "handling" her were treating her like crap and it was driving me nuts. But honestly, she handled situations in a way that was very believable for someone in her position. 
 I definitely wouldn't say there's a love shape of some sort. There are three guys present in Aurora's life but they all play vastly different roles. One is her "true love" who is just a kind stranger. The second is a rebel hoping she'll aid their fight. The last is a foreign diplomat whose intentions are difficult to pinpoint. I'm excited to see the roles they'll play in the sequel as I'm quite unsure what they'll be up to. 
 This is a slower story but one that never felt lagging. I loved seeing Aurora slowly transform from a timid, scared, lost girl to a stronger young woman ready to take her life and future back into her own hands. The story closes on quite the cliffhanger and I'm eagerly anticipating what happens next!