adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

 I am usually a huge fan of these books, but this one was a little hard to get through. It could be because it’s been a slight gap since I read the previous book so connecting the dots between the timelines was always on my mind and distracted me from the story. Still a very interesting twist and I love getting a backstory for Gothel. 

Love getting the back story of Gothel! I love how they took lines from Tangled and put them in the book with a different perspective.
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ve always wondered what mother Gothel did in her time away from Rapunzel, and this story brilliantly illustrates that. Mother Gothels story is truly fascinating!
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced

June 27, 2019 - 2 stars : I honestly did not like this book. There were a few parts that were okay, but for the most part, the book was confusing as heck! There were so many things that made absolutely no sense. I had such high hopes since I love the one with The Beast, but it definitely didn’t like up to them at all.

UPDATED REVIEW (December 31,2022)
Now that I know that these books are meant to be read in order, I’ve been slowly making my way through them. As part of that, I did decide to reread this book and I have to say, I actually really enjoyed it. I’m no longer confused about things, because now that I’ve read the previous books, I see how everything is connected. This book is honestly probably one of my favorites. Gothel’s backstory is honestly so sad to me and I truly wish she wouldn’t have had to go through what she did. Does that make kidnapping a baby okay? No. But I still do feel for her.

I’m so sick of the sisters. They really do the most to intervene but really be hurting people.