Loved the idea of a sleeping beauty retelling set in the Middle East. The characters were strongly drawn, and the friendships real. But I was too confused to understand exactly the restrictions and consequences of the Princess making things. I didn't get how the demon could know some things and not others and how the resolution in the last chapter worked. I read the first book just a few months ago, but the rules for this universe didn't stay with me. Two and a half stars rounded up because of the beautiful writing.