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Tangled Up In You
by Christina Lauren
I found this very enjoyable. I think I'll remember it. Not really a lot of "book club discussion" or need for notes/highlights, but fun. I've put this on my "fairy tale" shelf, although it's absolutely a reimagining of Tangled specifically (rather than of Rapunzel per se). I must admit, it's been quite a while since I saw the movie, I peeked at the trailer for a slight refresher. Here, instead of Flynn, it's Fitz. Instead of a horse, it's a persnickety car (named Max). Ren absolutely comes off as the fresh-faced girl seeing the outside world for the first time (she's been sheltered, homeschooled on a rustic homestead). The audio was very effective, the bubbly, innocence brought to life. There were three narrators listed ... I just remember Red and Finn though.
Per the original material, we/the reader come in with a little foreknowledge ... in Rapunzel/Tangled, our MC had been kidnapped as a little girl, so the unfolding events aren't really a surprise (a DNA test revealing an unknown father leading to her quest ...) Fitz does seem very modeled after Flynn in the movie (some issues in his past. The "bar scene" from the movie is similarly set-up in the book. For all its light-heartedness, it does take a bit of a dark turn there at the end.
Just a sweet, fun idea, which I thought was well done. While listed as 4th in a "series" it looks more to be a topic compilation (fairy tale reimaginings) not a "sequel" - so I didn't pay any attention to order and just read this one (I may read the others after having a good experience here, although they are all from different authors).
No proFanity or sex. Other words I note: preternatural, detritus, cacophony. I had to highlight and look up perseverating. Book of Mormon mentioned (in a hotel nightstand).
Per the original material, we/the reader come in with a little foreknowledge ... in Rapunzel/Tangled, our MC had been kidnapped as a little girl, so the unfolding events aren't really a surprise (a DNA test revealing an unknown father leading to her quest ...) Fitz does seem very modeled after Flynn in the movie (some issues in his past. The "bar scene" from the movie is similarly set-up in the book. For all its light-heartedness, it does take a bit of a dark turn there at the end.
Just a sweet, fun idea, which I thought was well done. While listed as 4th in a "series" it looks more to be a topic compilation (fairy tale reimaginings) not a "sequel" - so I didn't pay any attention to order and just read this one (I may read the others after having a good experience here, although they are all from different authors).
No proFanity or sex. Other words I note: preternatural, detritus, cacophony. I had to highlight and look up perseverating. Book of Mormon mentioned (in a hotel nightstand).