I don’t know why I keep reading the Twisted Tales □ Every time I expect something different, but I’m just left with this feeling of incompleteness. MORE WOMEN OF COLOR WRITING THE TWISTED TALES SAGA? YESSSS? Navigating through this strange new New Orleans, Tiana must work alongside Naveen and Charlotte to set things right―or risk losing everything she holds dear." She's got everything she's ever wanted.īut after a while, her hometown grows increasingly eerie, with new threats cropping up from unlikely places. Soon Tiana finds herself in a new reality where all her deepest desires are realized―she finally gets her restaurant, her friends are safe and sound, and, perhaps most miraculous of all, her beloved father is still alive. Facilier backs her into a corner, she has no other choice but to accept an offer that will alter the course of her life in an instant. No one knows that better than Tiana, though she also believes that hard work can go a long way. "Sometimes, life in the Big Easy is tough. Update: OKAY BUT DID YALL SEE THIS SUMMARY. Update: TWISTED TALES COVERS NEVER MISS OMG Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid): 2-stars Conceal, Don't Feel (Frozen): 3.5-starsġ1. Mirror, Mirror (Snow White): 3.5-stars rounded upĩ. Straight On Til Morning (Peter Pan): 3.5-stars rounded upħ. As Old As Time (Beauty & the Beast): 3.5-stars rounded upĦ. Go the Distance (Hercules): 3.5-stars rounded upĥ. Almost There (The Princess and the Frog): 4-starsĤ. What Once Was Mine (Tangled): 4.5-stars rounded upģ. My current ratings for the Twisted Tales series:ġ. I am a huge fan of this series and am looking forward to continuing on with it! Thank you so much to the publisher, Disney Books and Disney Audio, for providing me copies to read and review. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you pick it up. I definitely recommend this story to fans of this series, or The Princess and the Frog movie. The narration was fantastic, perfect for these characters. I did listen to the audiobook and as always, Disney does a great job with that format. I really appreciate what Rochon was able to do with this story. It was such a treat to be back in this setting, 1920s NOLA, with this fantastic and nuanced set of characters. Can Tiana and friends set things right before she loses everything she holds dear?Īlmost There was great. New Orleans is getting creepy and it's pretty clear Facilier has something to do with it. It ends up being a race against both time and evil forces, but luckily Tiana has her good friends Naveen and Lottie on her side. As Tiana finds herself navigating her new reality, she also begins to notice strange occurrences popping up everywhere around her. Unfortunately, sometimes when things sound too good to be true, they are. Even though Tiana only makes the deal because she feels backed into a corner, it still provides her with all of her deepest desires: her own restaurant, T&J's Supper Club, her friends safe, and her beloved father's return. The twist in this tale involves a deal that Tiana agrees to make with the notorious Dr. I'm sure many of you love The Princess and the Frog as much as I do and it was so nice to return to that setting and characters through this story. It's Tiana's turn to take center stage in this magical volume set in 1920's New Orleans. Think of it as a sort of alternate history for Disney stories. The point of this series is to take our favorite Disney tales, twist one element and explore what would have happened if that twist had actually occurred. These YA-books can be read in any order, as they each follow different characters and their stories are completely unrelated. An admitted sports fanatic, Farrah feeds her addiction to football by watching New Orleans Saints games on Sunday afternoons.Īlmost There is the 13th-installment in Disney's Twisted Tales series. When she is not writing in her favorite coffee shop, Farrah spends most of her time reading her favorite romance novels, hanging around on Twitter, and trying to attend as many Broadway shows as her budget will allow. In September 2010, Farrah joined the Kimani Romance family with the launch of her new series that follows the life of the fictional New York Sabers football team. Her debut novel, Deliver Me, the first in her Holmes Brothers series, garnered rave reviews, earning Farrah several SORMAG Readers' Choice Awards. She was named Shades of Romance Magazine's Best New Author of 2007. After earning her Bachelors of Science degree and a Masters of Arts from Southeastern Louisiana University, Farrah decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a published novelist. A native of south Louisiana, Farrah Rochon officially began her writing career while waiting in between classes in the student lounge at Xavier University of Louisiana.
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