The Fairy Tale Challenge led me to this book. The cover art is fantastic and the story itself begs to be made into a blockbuster movie with special effects. "Prince Sigismund has grown up hearing fantastical stories about enchantments and faie spells, basilisks and dragons, knights errant and heroic quests. He'd love for them to be true. He's been sheltered in a country castle for most of his life and longs for adventure..." "His favorite dream is of the day when his father [the king] would come riding back from the endless rebellions and outright wars in the Southern provinces. Then...they would go adventuring together." Balisan comes to tutor the young prince, but he is much more than he seems. Sigismund acquires Quickthorn, a sword reportedly made by Parsifal and is a twin to Excalibur. This retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story had "good faie and evil, a faithless friend and other who are true, an enchanted prince and a magic sword, and a dragon that took human shape and walked amonst men...and...they live happily ever after."
"Kisses are important, you know, magical and powerful."
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