Imprints include Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Jump at the Sun, Rick Riordan Presents, Disney Press, Marvel Press, and Disney Lucasfilm Press. She lives in Brooklyn with a husband, two children, a cat, a part-time dog, three fish and five coffee trees she insists will start producing beans any day.ĭisney Publishing Worldwide publishes award-winning children’s books for all ages, featuring several formats: board books, picture books, chapter books, novels, and paperback originals.
#Unbirthday a twisted tale series#
She also has short stories in Geektastic and Who Done It and a new series of reimagined fairy tales coming out, starting with A Whole New World-a retelling of Aladdin. Finally she caved into fate and wrote Snow and Rx under the name Tracy Lynn, followed by The Nine Lives of Chloe King series under her real name, because by then the assassins hunting her were all dead. They are written by Liz Braswell, Jen Calonita and Elizabeth Lim.Īfter the sort of introverted childhood you would expect from a writer, Liz Braswell earned a degree in Egyptology at Brown University and then promptly spent the next ten years producing video games.
It is weaved into the story well.Ī Twisted Tale is an anthology series of books based around alternate “what-if” spins on familiar animated Disney films. While it is very obvious what stance the author takes on this political issue (one that I strongly believe in myself as well), this is not done in an abrasive way that would not fit the story, in my opinion. It also gives some parallels between Alice’s real world and ours with the current discussions surrounding immigration. I initially expected this to be a literal retelling of the original Alice in Wonderland but I actually liked the fact that this was 11 years later and how the passing of time has changed the characters and Wonderland itself. I am a bit of a wimp when it comes to horror and thriller books but this had just the right amount of creepy to make it interesting. While I did previously mention that I would’ve liked more explanations of things, I did enjoy the dark elements that were present in this story. I’m a fan of multiple timelines and narrators, and while this one did not have that specifically, the two different worlds very much gave me that same feeling. Another part I found very intriguing is the connection between the two worlds. His personality was like a fresh breath of air and I found myself looking forward to each encounter. I know it sounds like there is too much bad but there are also some parts that I really enjoyed. It almost felt like the reader was expected to have a certain knowledge of recent events in Wonderland. We read about it a little bit but more detail would have been nice. One example without giving too much away is that it would have been nice to get more of a backstory about how Wonderland became the way it is when Alice finally returns. I wish some of the scenes were longer and more detailed (it’s difficult to give examples without spoilers) because it just seemed to jump from one thing to the next without letting us know how the characters actually accomplished certain things that were important to the story. I understand that things are supposed to be different in Wonderland but there was so much nonsense mixed together that it made it very difficult sometimes to follow along. Though she did bring some sense to the extreme nonsense of Wonderland, and by extreme I mean EXTREME. I was excited that at least Alice was 18 and would bring us a little closer to that but instead, she seemed more childish at times than a 14-year-old.
I’ve often wished heroines would be a little older than 15 or 16 because in a lot of stories, the young heroines seem so much more mature than real people of that age. I have heard that this was not the best representation of the Liz Braswell books in the series so I am looking forward to what she has to offer in her other books. Despite this though, I do still want to read the entire rest of the series because I can see the fun potential in this. While overall, I’m happy I read it, there are several things I had issues with. This is my first experience with The Twisted Tale series and a book I was very excited about receiving. It is clear they are in danger and Alice is desperate to find her way back there to help her old… friends? She is unsure what they are to her but one thing is clear: They need her to rescue them from the evil Queen of Hearts that is a worse terror than she could have ever imagined. Wonderland seems more like a dream from long ago than reality until its inhabitants appear mysteriously where she would least expect them. She is now 18 years old and her days are preoccupied with photography and avoiding the men her sister tries to set her up with.
It is 11 years after Alice’s last adventure in Wonderland.
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