Part Of Your World: A Twisted Tale Review
Book Name: Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale
Author Name: Liz Braswell
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Page Number: 482 pages
Review:
What if Ursula had won?
Five years after Ariel went to the above world and was defeated by the sea witch, Ursula. She has lost everything; her father, her voice, her carefree life, and Eric… Now she rules the Mer-people of Atlantica voiceless. But one day a message arrives from Scuttle; Ariel’s father, King Triton, is alive! He is being held hostage by Ursula.
Using the powers of the trident, Ariel returns to land to save her father. As she looks for a way to free him, Ariel learns that Ursula has turned Eric’s peaceful land into a military force. The sea witch also plans to conquer surrounding countries. It doesn’t help that in a rash decision, Ariel gets her voice back by smashing Ursula’s necklace. Now Ursula knows she has returned, putting everyone Ariel loves in danger, but it also releases Eric from Ursula’s spell. Eric and Ariel team up to end the sea witch; but will they succeed?
This is author Liz Braswell’s best Disney Twisted Tale book in my opinion. I was interested and excited throughout the book, hoping Ariel would get her father back. I also had fun with Ursula’s schemes. I feel the characters are slightly changed for the better while keeping their movie selves intact.
Ariel is still Ariel but acts more mature thanks to ruling Atlantica for the past five years. She has times when she still does things even if it might turn out bad. Like how she smashes Ursula’s necklace to get her voice back even though she loses the element of surprise over the sea witch. Also, it’s cute to read her thoughts about her feelings for Eric. It’s fun to read Eric’s and Ursula’s interactions as well. The dinner scene is just hilarious! Seeing Eric’s super-good guy ways and how it makes Ursula underestimate him is also sweet. I wish there were more parts where we read his feelings for Ariel as they were adorable what little was there.
The new characters were fine, but they needed more page time. Argent is a fun tattoo artist and a ‘not what she seems’ granny character and Jona gave some interesting interactions with both Ariel and Eric. Vareet as Ursula’s maid was a good concept but needed more exploration. There are some things that are brought up that mess with both this story and the original. For this story, it’s that Ursula says Ariel’s power wains due to the tides and moon. This leads to thinking Ariel leaves when her power is weakest and comes back when it's strong again many times, making this plot point a bit worthless. It also messes with the original movie plot. Does this mean Ariel would not be able to be with Eric as a human-like she wanted? This version does say Ariel will spend time in both worlds, but it still affects the original poorly.
Though Conceal, Don’t Feel is still my favorite Disney Twisted Tale book, I feel Part of Your World has become my second! It’s a good twist on The Little Mermaid and I give this book four out of five stars.
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