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Reader reviewed by Julie H.

Another enjoyable fairy tale meets present day story, this one harking back to Sleeping Beauty.  Talia is almost sixteen and like any teen, is tired of being bossed around by her parents and never being left alone.  Everyone is so sure that spindle curse from her christening is going to come true.  (anytime you snub a witch with "Mal" in her name, good things just aren't going to happen).  Sure enough, as Talia is searching for gowns for her sixteenth birthday, an old seamestress lets her touch her spinning wheel.  Three hundred years later, Jack and his friend Travis, while on a European trip designed to pad their college applications, stumble across a thick bramble while searching for a beach.  After they make their way through, confused to the state of the people at the castle, they find Talia asleep.  While Travis is off trying on the royal jewels, Jack kisses Talia, which awakens the kingdom.  Talia's father is furious at her disobedience, eventually resulting in Talia's escape to Miami, where the fish out of water story then continues.