This book was interesting as a twist on a fairy tale. I guess it was supposed to be more of a twist on the Russian version of Sleeping Beauty, which I never really have heard of before so it was a bit different. The characters weren't extremely interesting to me- I just didn't really fall in love with any of them. The parts of the story involving magic were interesting, and I did enjoy the fact that the story alternated from the hero and heroines point of view to the bad witch Baba Yaga's point of view. It was interesting to see the story and plot from both sides. I also enjoyed the fact that right in the middle of a modern forest there was basically a portal back to the 9th century and that very little time would pass there when a lot of time had passed in today's time...the way that works really still has me stumped...does time just move slower there? Or is time suspended in that place indefinitely? I'm still not sure. (view spoiler)[I am glad there was a HEA for Ivan and his Sleeping Beauty, and that the ordinary boy found his princess. (hide spoiler)]