Castlebound

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A young scullery maid bound to a slumbering castle must embrace her innate powers to wake the castle and save the townsfolk from a fiery dragon.

When Sleeping Beauty’s spell sweeps through the castle, putting everyone to else to sleep, Hailey is the last girl standing. While she watches everyone she cares about fall to the ground asleep, mages outside the castle battle to keep the spell from growing to cover the entire kingdom, giving their lives and their magic to keep everyone else safe. The legacy of the mages must be passed on and Hailey finds herself stepping in to shoes that she doesn’t think she can fill.

Note this is a Work in Progress and hasn't been through any editing.

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Status: Completed
Year: 2018
Author: JennaLynnBadger

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Rating: 4.1/ 5.0
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luda305Royal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Review through chapter 11.
When Sleeping Beauty's sleeping spell starts expanding, threatning the entire capital, a maid trapped in the now-abandoned castle must use her innate magical abilities to resolve the crisis.
It's an interesting premise, though the execution is a little lacking. The biggest issue is that the start is far too slow. The Slee-pocalypse is clearly the heroine's call to adventure. Yet, it didn't really occur until chapter 8 and it spanned all of chapters 9, 10 and 11. That's a quarter of the way through the chapter count and slow as molasses. Not to mention that chapters 1-7 had what seemed like so much filler, including the introduction of, what, a dozen side-characters? Almost none of whom I recalled later.
The last point I want to mention is that although this story is tagged as "Original," you really ought to believe the synopsis: It's set in the world of Sleeping Beauty and, in short, is an alternate telling of the tale (or at least the early portion of it). I'd consider it a "Fan Fiction," though that term is usually used in the context of modern stories.
To be clear, I applaud the author for the work. It's a very clever twist on Sleeping Beauty and, under the right mindset, I would enjoy it. But the first several chapters (and perhaps the rest of the work; I did not finish it admittedly) should be rehashed.