![]() ![]() More information about this seller Contact this seller. I will be seeking out the earlier titles from the Twisted Tale set and am looking forward to more. As Old as Time is the third book in the hit YA line that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. Happily, it stays true to a beloved relic from my childhood while taking on new, more mature (still teen-friendly) themes. I collect novelizations of the classic fairy tale, though, so this addition could not be overlooked. ![]() I grew up with Disney’s animated classics, and Beauty and the Beast was one I, a bookish brunette in a small town, particularly identified with, so I was intrigued, but not quite certain how I would respond to this book. However, after the first section (about the point where Belle sneaks into the forbidden west wing), the narrative spins off in a new direction entirely. The beginning plodded, as I itched to follow the story of young Maurice and Rosalind, but every other chapter interrupted the flow with Belle’s familiar story-basically straight out of the movie. In this story, Belle’s absent mother was a powerful sorceress named Rosalind-the sorceress, in fact, who cast the spell cursing a spoiled young prince to life as a Beast unless he could learn to love. Disney’s classic Beauty and the Beast takes a dark, yet intriguing, turn in this twisted tale. ![]()
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