by Serena Valentino
Book: Villains #4
Publisher: Disney Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Retelling, Fantasy
Format: Hardcover
Source: Bought
Book Link: Goodreads Amazon
The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love's first kiss. The two live happily ever after.
My Review: I love Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent, so naturally I was excited to read this.
It had an amazing start, Maleficent moves aside and reveals Sleeping Beauty on the floor after touching the Spindle. Just like the movie.
But that's really where the amazing ends. When you pick up a book about a backstory, that's what you expect to read. However, it's got chapters of Ursula, Snow White, the Odd Sisters and I got so annoyed that I struggled to make it through this book.
I want to read only about Maleficent, not about her and the other Disney characters. A mention here or there, okay fine. But taking having them take over entire chapters, a big no.
There were some chapters that was all about Maleficent, which I loved really getting to know about her.
But
overall, this was the worst backstory I've read. It was maybe 20% about
Maleficent and 80% of everyone else.
