As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale

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If you think about it, a ten-year-old boy who has no parents and obviously learned from fairy tales to distrust haggard looking, old women should definitely not let the obviously-evil witch into his home! At the core the book was a retelling of a fairytale and while Braswell was using the Disney movie as a template there were plenty of jumping off points that could’ve made the story interesting. All this book did was make me want to put it down and immediately watch the movies so maybe this crappy Disney sanctioned fanfiction did its job. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Nowhere do we get a sense of that self-sacrificing nature; instead we have a Belle who perhaps deserves her own curse.

I hope they are happy because I personally did not come into this book wanting to read endless chapters about that dude. The King and Queen: The Beast's parents, who saw magic and unnatural people as a threat to their domain. If you love the original animated Beauty and the Beast as much as I do, you should definitely give this one a try! She is foolish at times, but that's charming--she can't be perfect, which makes her more human than the cardboard cutouts of earlier Disney heroines. Remember watching this movie as a child, and crying as Beast's eyes rolled back in death, and Belle sobbed over his body?But Belle touches the Beast’s enchanted rose, intriguing images flood her mind—images of the mother she believed she would never see again. As punishment she transformed him into a hideous beast and places a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. It’s not like it’s even explained that well in the alternating chapters where I’m supposed to ship Enchantress/Maurice.

The same habits that made A Whole New World a hot mess, were included in As Old as Time including the whole let’s quote the movie. The Prince tried to apologize but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. Stunned and confused by the revelation, Belle and the Beast must work together to unravel years of mystery. The Enchantress’ reason for cursing the Beast was that: “there is no love in your heart at all, Prince–just like your parents…”.

This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Rosalind (the Enchantress/Belle's mom): Rosalind is a strong female character, yes, but too strong, as if she was trying to fill a quota.

For example, we don't get a be our guest scene, but we do get a here's some food and wine and no we are not talking to you about anything. It was a bit confusing to flip back and forth between the past and the present (the 2 storylines of beauty and the beast and the story of maurice) but I got used to it eventually. I feel bad for all you Potts/Maurice shippers that’s for sure (surely, there have to be some) As for me, I am not planning on touching this series with a ten foot pole ever again. There was a mention in the book where the Beast said that he was a child when he was cursed and “what could I have done? This is my favourite scene and I couldn't wait to read it in novel form, sadly the author decided otherwise.Stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the beautiful Enchantress who cursed the Beast, his castle, and all its inhabitants. year-old-me, however, WAS outraged that we didn't get to see the transformation scene, and the moment when the prince turns back and we finally see his face and Belle recognises him thanks to his baby blue eyes and! Much like the fact I’m supposed to like a woman who cursed an eleven year old spoiled little boy and then…well, then regurgitate the screenplay which while simple enough in it’s Disney form was enjoyable because you know great voice actors/animation and Alan Menken songs.

He worked as a stable master at the castle and later helped Belle's parents smuggle Les Charmantes out of France until he was murdered by Frederic. I also liked Rosalind though I agree with everyone else, what she ends up doing is kind of a jerk move.I would give this atrocity one star out of spite, but I reserve those for books that I find offensive or so dull I absolutely can't read one more page. Even though it follows the storyline to the tee, this has a backstory of Belle’s mother which adds a layer of dimension to the Beauty and the Beast retelling.