Summary:What if Jafar was the first one to summon the Genie?
376 Pages
Once Upon a Dream (Disney Twisted Tales #2)
Summary:What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?
440 Pages
Fantasy/Romance/Dystopia
by Liz Braswell, narrated by James Patrick Cronin
My Rating: B
Stumbled on a bunch of Disney series, but I was especially fascinated by this one, because it takes the tales we know, and gives it a dystopian slant. In A Whole New World, without the Genie, Aladdin and Jasmine must fight to save Agrabah from Jafar. In Once Upon a Dream, the story actually all takes place while Aurora is asleep. Each story is it's own world, so there's no need to read these in order, unless you wish to. There's no crossover between the stories. The stories are distinctly the Disney versions, just offshoots of their original stories.
I was more pleased with the Aladdin book than the Sleeping Beauty book, which discounts a lot of the base fairy tale that is kind of important to explain Maleficent's reasons for what happened, but since the original did that, too, if to a lesser extent, it's to be expected. Both are very interesting stories, and both explore aspects we didn't really get in the original movies.
If you're a Disney fan, these ones are definitely worth looking into. Especially if you are also a fan of Dystopias in general. Beware, subject matter does get pretty dark in both, so if that's an issue for you, these may not be for you (or your kid). If you're a fan of the fairy tale the stories are based on, you might want to give these a pass.
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