What Once Was Mine: A Twisted Tale
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4.4 • 44 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower? Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl—with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel. For eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair. When she finally decides to leave the only home she's ever known—to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday—she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew. For more twisted adventures, try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell As Old As Time by Liz Braswell Reflection by Elizabeth Lim Part of Your World by Liz Braswell Mirror, Mirror by Jen Calonita Conceal, Don't Feel by Jen Calonita Straight On Till Morning by Liz Braswell So This is Love by Elizabeth Lim Unbirthday by Liz Braswell Go the Distance by Jen Calonita
Customer Reviews
Banana
Great
Had to stop reading halfway through from how bad it is.
If you like the movie Tangled, youll hate this book. I’m not sure how the writers got it wrong with such a fun idea, and all the characters already fleshed out in the movie, but they did. Every character is changed to be one dimensional for this story. Before, mother gothel was an abusive and vain mother figure to Rapunzel. She had her own motives, but obviously was worried about rapunzels safety at the end of the day, if not so she could feel better about herself. In this book, she is needlessly evil for no reason. She regularly forces rapunzel to kill small animals for no reason other than to be evil. She never shuts up about how she hates rapunzel, how shes tricking her, how messed up she is for doing this, etc. All nuance to the story is gone, with everything dialed up to the most extreme version of their stereotype. Theres no subtlety in the writing, and sometimes it feels like it was written for toddlers with how they explain things. Plot wise? The writing quality makes me think of a Disney Chanel original movie. Rapunzel acts like a boy crazy preteen, and Flynn is just annoying. Its a waste of potential. Just go watch the tangled series. Also, they talk about rapunzels period weirdly a lot...
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