tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206364596231217940.post4368680492537237755..comments2022-05-21T06:22:07.173-07:00Comments on Heroines in Romance Novels: Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory (1998)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206364596231217940.post-68157225362564856712009-07-07T12:04:57.940-07:002009-07-07T12:04:57.940-07:00The Romance reader reviews Sleeping Beauty by Judi...<a href="http://www.theromancereader.com/ivory-beauty.html" rel="nofollow">The Romance reader reviews Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory</a><br /><br />Judith Ivory does not idealize her heroes and heroines. Certainly they are always larger than life, but she is such a close and truthful observer of human behavior that the portraits she draws are not uniformly pretty. While some readers may find this unappealing, others such as myself find it utterly fascinating. Sleeping Beauty will definitely have my vote for one of the best books of the year. <a href="http://www.theromancereader.com/ivory-beauty.html" rel="nofollow">(read more)</a>This bloghttp://heroinecentric.blogspot.com/1998/06/sleeping-beauty-by-judith-ivory.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206364596231217940.post-88807775181169426452009-06-05T04:13:30.076-07:002009-06-05T04:13:30.076-07:00Mrs Giggles reviews Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivor...<a href="http://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/ivory_beauty.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Mrs Giggles reviews Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory</a><br /><br />And the romance? Just beautiful. The theme here is both characters' awakening, not sexual, but emotional awakening, Sleeping Beauty style, and there is a poetic scene in the dentist's office where under the influence of nitrous oxide, she experiences a revelation. <a href="http://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/ivory_beauty.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">(read more)</a>This bloghttp://heroinecentric.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com