"The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty|The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" begins as an adult version of the childhood tale. But of course this tale is more about the sexual and psychological aspect of the relationship between Beauty and the Prince that brings her back to life. Beauty has a sexual awakening at the hands of her Prince.

Ann Rice writes this erotic tale under the name of A. N. Roquelaure. But it is filled with the flowery descriptions that make her books very similar. In some ways this makes the story more lush, but in other ways it brings the story to drag in certain areas and bring the reader to try and skip the descriptive paragraphs.

Beauty becomes a slave, brought to a system where Kings and Queens start out their lives as slaves. She is taught to bend to the Prince's hand in different exercises and interacts with other slaves in this perverse school.

While I found the book interesting and a fun read, I did not find it as erotic as I had hoped. The plot came across a little shaky to me and did not draw me in to actually care about the character of Beauty. I believe the torture and pain aspect of the slaves was not written in a realistic fashion.

Readers who are interested in light BDSM|BDSM kits and pony play may enjoy this book as a nice little read.

I did go on to read the other books in this series. I thought each book as it went through the trilogy became more weak in it's story. If you wish to read just one of these three books, "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" would be your best bet.

I would recommend looking into "The Story of O|Story of O" for a better BDSM related book. It is a great classic and much more interesting read in general.