![]() The twelve princesses (all named after flowers and alphabetically from birth - a very helpful tool when it comes to remembering them all) lose their mother at the beginning of the book, catapulting them into mourning, making them even more distant to the King/Papa, and of course making them all very sad. To get to the point, Entwined takes the fairy tale, and adds some shit. So when I discovered le special twist in Entwined, and got past the summary and began to understand what this book is actually about, I was sold. Because this usually tends to translate to: author-takes-cool-original-idea-and-mutilates-it. I have come to fear the words, 'a', 'special', and 'twist', separately, but especially together. ![]() The novel is based on the fairy tale of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, or, The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces, but with, as all YA novels promise in their usually lacking summaries: A Special Twist! ![]() ![]() I've grown accustomed to the constant shit storm that seems to blow my a way 90% of the time that I read a YA novel, so, suffice to say, I was more than surprised when reading Entwined. I will make a Mean Girls reference.Īnd that is to say, how do I even begin to explain Entwined? I will begin this review the way all great reviews are begun. ![]()
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