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You are here: Home / Random Stuff Trent Likes / Christmas in April — A Fourth Entry in The Sleeping Beauty series is on the way

Christmas in April — A Fourth Entry in The Sleeping Beauty series is on the way

February 18, 2015 By Trent Evans

I do NOT normally do this, but goddammit, this is something I seriously never thought would happen: Anne Rice is releasing another Beauty book!! I still can’t believe it.

The upcoming book is entitled Beauty’s Kingdom, and when I received the e-mail notification of its pre-order from Amazon the other day, I was grinning ear-to-ear over it. Anyone who follows this blog knows I’m a HUGE fan of the Sleeping Beauty trilogy Anne Rice penned under the nom de plume A. N. Roquelaure.

(Here’s the review I posted for the first entry in the series, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty.)

Of course, I went over to Amazon to have a look at the description, and damn her publisher, but there is very little there. Here’s the cover and description from the pre-order page on Amazon:

Beauty's Kingdom Cover

Product Description

The erotic Sleeping Beauty trilogy now continues with a fourth novel by master storyteller and bestselling author of Prince Lestat, Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure

Mega-bestselling author Annie Rice returns to where she left off in Beauty’s Release with the disappearance of Queen Eleanor in Bellavalten. Now, twenty years after they were forced to leave the kingdom to return to their homeland, Beauty and her husband Laurent agree to travel back as its king and queen, to uphold the ways of complete sensual surrender, with a twist: they now insist on voluntary servitude in Bellavalten.

Countless eager princes, princesses, lords, ladies, and common folk journey to Beauty’s new kingdom where she and her husband awaken their domain, ushering in a new era of desire, longing, and sexual ecstasy. Provocative and stirring, Rice’s imaginative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth will be hailed by her longtime fans and new readers of erotica just discovering the novels. This book is intended for mature audiences.

 

GAH!! Such a tease:/  So, I decided to look around to see what else I could find. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much.

I stumbled across a Kirkus Review for it, but it told us essentially nothing we didn’t already know about the trilogy. While I may have my own personal misgivings about the relative value of a review from Kirkus, the review was thankfully a positive one, and the last line of the review only made me want to read the book even more:

“Hard-core? Yes. Overwritten? For sure. Guilty pleasure? Absolutely.”

Can I get a T-shirt with that quote emblazoned upon it? Read the rest of the review at Kirkus here.

I hopped over to Anne Rice’s site to see if there might be any teasers or what-not but alas, I didn’t see a listing for the book there. Her site is well worth a look at though for any of you who haven’t seen it yet. Very well laid out:)

One of the things I definitely did notice is the decidedly evolved “tone” from that of the original trilogy. There is now an emphasis on consent, whereas the original trilogy was decidedly non-consensual in many sections. As controversial as non-consent themes in erotic fiction have become in the intervening 30+ years since publication of the original trilogy, I wonder if this will at all “soften” the tone of this new entry. I’m guessing this might be more along the lines of “consensual non-consent” similar to what we see in such novels as Anneke Jacob’s masterpiece As She’s Told wherein consent is at first clearly given, but after that, the submissive is pretty much “along for the ride” from that point on. Just a guess.

Only one way to find out how Rice has handled it in this entry in the series, of course, but it’s fun as an author to speculate on some of this stuff:) I’d love to hear what others think of this upcoming book, or about the series in general, so don’t be afraid to comment or e-mail.

Thanks for listening to me blather on like the fan boy I am.

Now counting down until April 21, 2015 🙂

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Filed Under: Random Stuff Trent Likes Tagged With: A.N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice, BDSM fantasy, Sleeping Beauty Series, stuff Trent likes, upcoming release

About Trent Evans

Trent Evans is an independent author of BDSM erotic romance and erotica. Putting pen to paper since he was a wee lad, he decided to try to share some of the tales cooked up in his fevered imagination. Some readers might not be horrified. He tries to write stories that appeal to both women and men (wow, threading the needle), but will follow wherever the story takes him.

A long-time resident of the Pacific Northwest, the author believes that the high percentage of authors in the region (compared to the nation as a whole) is chiefly due to the fact that it’s so damned wet and miserable all the time there. They tend to use their long hours cooped up inside making up stories that depict things they’ll never see or experience – such as sunshine.

Comments

  1. vasi says

    February 18, 2015 at 7:16 pm

    I saw this announcement on her Facebook page about a month or so ago. I can’t wait till it comes out. I love these books. I read the trilogy back in the early 90’s, my first erotic books, and became addicted then. I too wonder if they will be a little softer than the originals. Can’t wait to find out! I also heard it might get made into a series on HBO or Showtime, so channel like that.

    • Trent Evans says

      February 18, 2015 at 8:15 pm

      Can you imagine this being made into a series?? Even the “tamer” parts of the trilogy… I could see people freaking out if is ever was made into a filmed series;) Still, I think it would be awesome.

      Thanks for commenting, Vasi!

  2. Beauty's Punishment says

    February 18, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    I’m just blown away that she is having a fourth book. Whoo! I will be disappointed if it’s more tame than the first three though. Also, if the other three are going to be made into a TV show, I don’t know how they will pull all the pony play out of their hat since the characters are naked most of the time, and there is anal play. Hmm?

  3. Christina Mandara says

    February 19, 2015 at 12:54 am

    Equally exciting is that Beauty will soon be appearing on our TV screens… Woot! But I’m with BP – I hope that Rice doesn’t tame these books down… 🙂

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