I guess the personality Aurora found herself falling into just didn’t mesh with me well in general. But at the same time, her sarcastic character didn’t diminish towards Philip and gave off some mean vibes at times. Aurora constantly questions the “falling in love at first sight” thing, which I really appreciated. The romance with Philip had really odd dynamics.
“ There is an entire kingdom of people asleep, at Maleficent’s mercy, depending on you to rescue them. And throughout it all, her growth and the strength she gains through her adventures was really satisfying to see. However, she was also waging an internal battle within herself with what the original tale had her doing: how could she fall in love at first sight with this dude from the forest? Did her parents actually love her if they sent her away? And how could she be so stupid to fall under Maleficent’s spell to touch a spinning wheel? It was interesting to see her thoughts throughout it all, and it really gave a nice touch to the whole “retelling” aspect of the tale. The girl really needed to take a chill pill and just calm down. At the same time, she was great at complaining about her life and while I understand that she may have had a rather hectic life, I kind of got tired after she kept yelling at Philip all the time. She goes from a rather insipid princess who doesn’t do anything with her life to a very sarcastic character who isn’t afraid to say what she feels.
The character development of Aurora was rather interesting. His last thought, before sleep and someone else’s dreams overcame him:ĭid anyone make sure it was actually dead?” He fell, his head hitting the soft quilts and satin bolsters on her bed. I admit, this alteration of the world was quite creative and unique to read about. At the same time, Maleficent is killing people in the world (and thus the real world) to keep her strong. From there, we find out that everyone sleeping is stuck in Aurora’s dream world that Maleficent created after Aurora pricked her finger on the spinning wheel, and somehow they have to wake up. Aurora is stuck inside the castle and can’t go outside, until the day she questions what really is outside. Then she took Aurora as her ward and they lived happily ever after, until now. Flash back to another world during another time and we see Aurora telling us the story of what really happened: her parents were super selfish and Maleficent was the one who saved the kingdom from their evil ways. The beginning starts with Prince Philip “killing” the dragon Maleficent turns into, and then realizing that she didn’t actually die.
#Once upon a dream a twisted tale series#
Either way, this one follows up with the series name of “A Twisted Tale,” in which the author literally takes things from the original tale and makes it much more morbid than what we are used to.
The writing perhaps was a large aspect of it, and the characters in general. While I enjoyed this one much more than its predecessor, A Whole New World (you can find my review here), something just didn’t mesh well with me. Will the sleeping beauty be able to wake herself up? But with Maleficent’s agents following her every move, Aurora struggles to discover who her true allies are, and moreover, who she truly is. Soon she stumbles upon Phillip, a charming prince eager to join her quest. With a desperate fairy’s last curse infiltrating her mind, Princess Aurora will have to navigate a dangerous and magical landscape deep in the depths of her dreams. But when said prince falls asleep as soon as his lips meet the princess’s, it is clear that this fairy tale is far from over. It should be simple–a dragon defeated, a slumbering maiden, a prince poised to wake her. What if the sleeping beauty never woke up? Once Upon a Dream marks the second book in a new YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways.
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