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EPISODE · Jan 17, 2026 · 20 MIN

Episode 7: Spellbound - A Hex with Teeth

from Confessions of a Book Hoarder · host Denise Rose

In Episode 7, Denise delves into Spellbound’s bold reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, a chapter where the familiar fairy tale fractures into something far darker and more intimate. As the curse at the centre of the story intensifies, she traces how the novel transforms the classic “sleep” into a living force not a passive enchantment, but a predatory magic that chooses its moment and its victim with unsettling precision.Denise examines the way Spellbound strips the tale of its romantic gloss, revealing the violence and agency buried beneath the original myth. She explores how the heroine’s fate is no longer sealed by a spindle’s prick but by a curse that understands her fears, her desires, and the legacy she never asked to inherit.This episode captures Denise following the thread between folklore and modern storytelling, showing how Spellbound turns Sleeping Beauty into a story of awakening rather than rescue a reckoning with the past, the curse, and the power that comes from refusing to stay asleep.

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