One of the most unique fairytale retellings I have ever read - and I have read a lot. Beginning in communist Russia in 1975, a boy comes face to face with his destiny, (a princess sleeping on a pedestal in the forest) to which he returns to as an adult. This is where the story really begins, because unlike the "happily ever after" of fairytales, he has to face the realities of his situation as he is thrown into her world of 900 AD. It was creative, romantic, and exciting. I give it four stars and a PG-13 rating (the witch can be pretty gruesome, so it is definitely an adult book).
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