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Utterly Charming is the story of Sleeping Beauty. One thousand years ago Ealhswith. the evil stepmother (err mentor) has placed a curse on Emma Blackstone tries to rescue Emma and kisses her to prevent her from dying but the kiss has an unexpected consequence and places her in a coma for one thousand years. Nine hundred and ninety years later Blackstone is in Portland OR and he is fighting with Ealhswith over who will have possession of Emma. Blackstone formulates a plan where neither one will have the body instead he hires a new attorney named Nora to guard the body for ten years. Ten years later Emma wakes up and she is bitter, upset that a thousand years has passed by and she trusts no one. For centuries Blackstone has always believed Emma to be his soul mate but then he meets Nora and now he is not so sure.

I picked this book up from the library because I love the retelling of fairy tails. This is among the worst. It is original and it does start off well and then it falls down after that.

Nora is the worst really you are a lawyer and you tell everyone you know what is best because you are a lawyer?? Then she is a total b----- to everyone, why doesn't she like Sancho? Then she is quite rude to Blackstone all the time, she shows him absolutely no respect. It seems like she believes everyone is beneath her. Then she treats Emma like a victim of domestic abuse and refuses to see any other point of view. Blackstone is the worst hero ever he has no idea who he wants Nora or Emma?? The challenge here is he sees Nora like twice and then nothing for a decade. How is this even a romance novel? By the end when they are talking about love I am confounded as to why? Even the plot sucks mostly it is about the laws of fairyland versus those in Portland.

This book was tedious and I skimmed the last third. To be fair I have heard [b:Wickedly Charming|9633279|Wickedly Charming (Fates #7)|Kristine Grayson|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1289941629s/9633279.jpg|14520606] is a great book and perhaps I will give that a go but for now I cannot recommend this book to anyone it feels like a huge waste of time.

1 1/2 stars