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As Old As Time
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**3.5-stars rounded up**
An new and imaginative twist on the tale as old as time.
This third installment in Disney's Twisted Tales series asks, what if Belle's mom had been the one to curse the Beast?
Following the parameters of a fairly strict retelling, this story feels like bonus content for the original animated movie. Music to any super-fan's ears.
We get a back and forth timeline following Belle in the present part of the story, and the past perspective follows Belle's parents before she was born.
As we know, Belle lives with her father, an eccentric inventor, on the outskirts of town.
But what happened to Belle's mother? This reimagining tells who she was and that happens to be the Enchantress who cursed the Beast.
We learn about the kingdom before, at a time when magic was still present, as well as about the Beast's parents and their unkind rule over their people.
There is a plague and a fairly harsh witch hunt, for lack of a better term, that all ultimately lead to the Beast's curse.
As I mentioned earlier, this felt like bonus content to the 1991-Disney animated movie because a good portion of it stuck true to that original.
The rest was icing on the cake, filling in the back story of the time before the movie kicks off. I really appreciated that.
Some retellings you want to be wildly creative and unique (e.g. Hunted by Meagan Spooner, or Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust), but for this series, the point is to have the original story with one twist that alters the outcome.
I thought that was well done here by Braswell.
I'm a sucker for this series and will continue to pick them up. So far, this is definitely one of my favorites. The execution of the twist was really well done. It felt seamless.
If you love the original animated Beauty and the Beast as much as I do, you should definitely give this one a try!
An new and imaginative twist on the tale as old as time.
This third installment in Disney's Twisted Tales series asks, what if Belle's mom had been the one to curse the Beast?
Following the parameters of a fairly strict retelling, this story feels like bonus content for the original animated movie. Music to any super-fan's ears.
We get a back and forth timeline following Belle in the present part of the story, and the past perspective follows Belle's parents before she was born.
As we know, Belle lives with her father, an eccentric inventor, on the outskirts of town.
But what happened to Belle's mother? This reimagining tells who she was and that happens to be the Enchantress who cursed the Beast.
We learn about the kingdom before, at a time when magic was still present, as well as about the Beast's parents and their unkind rule over their people.
There is a plague and a fairly harsh witch hunt, for lack of a better term, that all ultimately lead to the Beast's curse.
As I mentioned earlier, this felt like bonus content to the 1991-Disney animated movie because a good portion of it stuck true to that original.
The rest was icing on the cake, filling in the back story of the time before the movie kicks off. I really appreciated that.
Some retellings you want to be wildly creative and unique (e.g. Hunted by Meagan Spooner, or Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust), but for this series, the point is to have the original story with one twist that alters the outcome.
I thought that was well done here by Braswell.
I'm a sucker for this series and will continue to pick them up. So far, this is definitely one of my favorites. The execution of the twist was really well done. It felt seamless.
If you love the original animated Beauty and the Beast as much as I do, you should definitely give this one a try!
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Jan 16, 2020 08:33AM
This is the only one in the series I managed to finish reading. I loved it
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Brea wrote: "This is the only one in the series I managed to finish reading. I loved it"It was really good. I also really enjoyed Reflection though.
Ohh this review really makes me want to read this book. I should get to this series.
Rachel wrote: "Ohh this review really makes me want to read this book. I should get to this series." I love the Twisted Tales series. The best part is they aren't connected so you can read them in any order, sticking to the stories you like the best!
Awesome review Meg! 💜💜
Miya (struggling with pain, keeping reviews short) wrote: "Awesome review Meg! 💜💜"Thank you, Miya!! xx
Awesome review! I love this Disney tale. Was scared the book would not live up to the name. This review made me go ahead and dive in. Thank you for that
Elizabeth wrote: "Awesome review! I love this Disney tale. Was scared the book would not live up to the name. This review made me go ahead and dive in. Thank you for that"Ohhhh, I really hope you enjoy it, Elizabeth! Thank you!!
Why did you only give it 3,5 stars if you loved it?
Silje wrote: "Why did you only give it 3,5 stars if you loved it?"I wouldn't say I loved it, Silje. I really enjoyed it, hence why I rounded up to 4-stars, but it did have a few problems. Additionally, I rate books by comparing them with other books in the same genre, or even subgenre, and as far as retellings go, I thought this was a fair rating. A 5-star Beauty and the Beast retelling for me would be something like Hunted, where I felt the writing and concepts were superior to this.
