A Kiss in Time

Reader reviewed by Katie

Reader reviewed by Tay

This book is about a princess named Talia. on her sixteenth birthday she pricks her finger on a spindle and causes the entire kingdom to fall asleep for two hundred years. When she wakes up she finds the kingdom smack in the middle of the modern world. now she is lost but she finds her way with the help of jack a teenager living in this strange new world. I liked this book. I loved the new spin on an old story. The changes in point of view also make it easier to understand both characters. I thought some of the romance in the book was really cute and sweet. I would definetly reccomend this book to anyone who enjoyed Alex Flinn's other book Beastly.

Reader reviewed by Adriana

3.5 Stars. This was a fast and fun read from the author of Beastly. It is basically Sleeping Beauty retold. Talia is the princess who has been warned all her life to stay away from spindles. but the curse is inevitable and she falls asleep, only to be awoken by Jack 300 years later! Chapters are told from their alternating points of view and there are very charming and funny parts in the story, as well as some good lessons (like don't underestimate your parents and teens shouldn't be left alone once they hit puberty - family time should continue, etc....) I think fans of Beastly will enjoy this read, although I thought Beastly was a bit better. It helped that Sleeping Beauty is my all time favorite fairy tale, so I loved how the author re-told it and spun it for today's day and age.

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.