I didn't feel like it truly went anywhere and at the same time had so many plot lines drawn into it, it was hard to understand why they were even there.

Massive thank you to Harper 360 for sending me this arc via Netgalley, as always I'm immensely grateful for including me in your mailing lists. Not to mention the plotline is so haphazard that it ends on a major cliffhanger (and bear in mind this book doesn't have a continuation, "The End" is written right there at the end, like in some Looney Tunes skit), and it all leaves you dissatisfied and confused. I had the good fortune of working with young people and students in classrooms up and down the country over 16 years. Creeping Beauty takes a Sleeping Beauty retelling with a dash of Through the Looking Glass to create a unique fairy tale story. There were other subjects, but I really went into this book for the story, so I went go into more detail.This story has its moments where it shines, but it never rises above the mediocrity and stereotype that the author suffers from.

Her talking to the audience was almost childlike, having to explain everything to the reader rather than showing it to the reader. Bitsy's character, for example, fell into that 'woes is me' never pretty, good, or smart enough stereotype. While there were a lot of things about this book that had me disappointed, there were also a lot of things I really enjoyed. Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho, and Freya Hartas are back for the final book in this beautifully unique series of Fairy Tales Gone Bad. Thank you to Harper Collins Children’s Books, Harper 360, Harper Teen and NetGalley for the arc of Creeping Beauty by Andrea Portes in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.The film, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Redmayne, Juliette Lewis, and Blake Lively premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details.