Rosaline's Curse by Katharine Campbell

Rosaline's ex-fiancé is a god.

At least, that's what he claims to be. He could be a purple gnome for all Rosaline cares, she just wants him out of her life.

Unfortunately, his presence is the result of a curse she brought upon herself when she stole the sacred relics of Ilona the Godslayer.

Since the ill-advised theft, her luck changed for the worse in several ways. Her brother died, she was betrothed to that awful swine, and put into an enchanted sleep for almost eight hundred years. To add insult to injury, her fiancé was somehow still alive when she woke up.

It seems the only way to turn her luck around and get rid of her evil ex, is to return the relics she stole.

Unfortunately, a lot changed while she was in that enchanted sleep. For one thing, everyone now spends most of their time staring at the magic rectangles they keep in their pockets. For another thing, moving human bones across international borders requires a permit.

If Rosaline is to return the relics and break her curse, she has to learn to navigate this new and remarkable world of paperwork and machines.

Luckily, she gets a little help from a friend.

Mark Reid is working toward a master's degree in forensic anthropology. His near-perfect life is turned upside down when what he thinks is a perfectly preserved eight-hundred-year-old corpse turns out to be a princess who is still very much alive.

Now, he must help her integrate into the modern world while somehow convincing her that this holy quest to return the relics she stole is a bad idea.

I've read many takes on Sleeping Beauty but this is the first where she awakes in 2017. Rosaline is a product of her times in some ways such as moral and cultural codes. But, she's surprisingly adventurous and ready to embrace opportunities and challenges that might daunt a modern person tossed 800 years into the future. I love the way her character is written - just the right blend of old and new that is true to her personality.

Rosaline's Curse is a sequel of sorts to Love, Treachery, and Other Terrors. This is mainly apparent in the two evil fairies who put her into the long sleep in the first place. They were causing all sorts of havoc to Rosaline's ancestors in the first book. Luckily, the book can function as a stand alone since the missing pieces have to be explained to the modern people helping Rosaline.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The quest was fun, Rosaline's adaptation was skillfully handled, the romance was well done between two very different people, and it was funny.