First book of 2023. I give it 3.5*.

I love retellings. I really liked the idea of Sleeping Beauty never had been waken by her true love's kiss and so having to sleep the curse through and have her world completely different because of it.

I thought Aurora and Devon were fun. I liked the Circle a lot and whish we could have known more about them all. Especially Anya and Castian.

However, I thought it was a bit confusing with Mortimer, Morgan and Xander so that explains my lower rating a bit. If we get a book/novella on that side of the story, it could be great.

I love happy endings but maybe it was too happy all around and really quickly... ?

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was my first from this author and I will check her other books for sure.