Then there is sweet Bedivere that is simply devoteful, but I thought the whole "soulmate" bit was over done.
This shouldn't have bothered me, but really she doesn't display too much of the characteristics of the youngest. Ok this is going to be an irrational irk on my part but it bothered me to no end that Rowena (the focus of the book) is the youngest of the sisters. It weaved well in the story because we see her version of the life behind the mysterious Lady of the Lake, which in this tale turns out to be the mother of the dancing princesses. That was a totally good move on her part. In this one she incorporated the well known Arthurian legends. Suzanne Weyn in her other retellings always relies on a historical setting to place the fariy tales in. Highly recommended! But on to this retelling. This time around I did have some background of the original tale from reading Jessica Day George's Princess of the Midnight Ball. Don't misinterpret me this is not a bad huh just I kind of confused one. In all honesty after I finished reading this I could think of was "huh?". It is currently translated into German and was nominated for the '07 Jugenliteraturpreis for Young People’s Literature.
(ALA) as a '05 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and was a ’07 Nevada Library nominee for “Best Young Adult Fiction”. The Bar Code Tattoo was selected by the American Library Assoc. Suzanne’s other recent novels are include The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) and its sequel. Suzanne is currently doing revisions on her fourth book in the line, which will be coming in '09. She very much enjoys rethinking these classic tales from an original point of view, always looking for the real psychological underpinning of the story. Her novels for the Simon Pulse line, “Once Upon a Time” are The Night Dance a Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, Water Song: a Retelling of the Frog Prince, and The Crimson Thread: a Retelling of Rumplestiltskin. Suzanne’s other books for Simon Pulse include South Beach Sizzle, a romantic comedy written with Diana Gonzalez. She teaches part time at City College in New York. She graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton and received her Masters degree from Pace University. Her house is at the edge of the woods and is nearly 200 years old.
Suzanne now lives in upper New York State with her husband, two teen daughters and Abby the cat. Suzanne lived pretty close to the ocean and going to Jones Beach was one of her favorite activities Even today, if she goes too long without seeing the ocean, she starts feeling restless. Louisa May Alcott was her favorite author, but she also read every Sherlock Holmes story. As a girl she was very interested in theater and in reading.
Suzanne Weyn grew up in Williston Park, Long Island, New York.
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