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rosemwood's review against another edition
5.0
It was a little slow at first but as it went I got more into it. I enjoyed the characters and the story itself. I feel this author did a great job keeping Merida's character with the original Disney movies character.
sarahp85's review against another edition
4.0
No secret that I love Maggies books normally. This felt more like a middle grade book than an YA book, but it was exactly what my current mood needed. Really enjoyed this little future story of merida and her family!
krista_billings's review against another edition
5.0
So fun!
Anyone who enjoyed Merida in Brave will also enjoy this continuation of her story. Well done, Maggie Stiefvater!
Anyone who enjoyed Merida in Brave will also enjoy this continuation of her story. Well done, Maggie Stiefvater!
madianderson49's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
jenhurst's review against another edition
2.0
Maggie stiefvater’s writing really went downhill after shiver and I did not like brave so I should’ve expected to not like this. But I still liked this a lot better than the film.
bibliobrandie's review against another edition
Princess Merida of DunBroch is now 20 and still strong, courageous, and headstrong, which places her between two gods who are arguing. The gods give her one year to prove her family can change for the better so she sets out to visit three kingdoms and learn their ways. I think if you grew up loving Merida, you will love this story. I did appreciate the Scottish history and mythology, which seemed well researched. I just didn't love this one and it seemed too long.
paigeturner04's review against another edition
1.0
DNF 58% Well......yay The author went and ruined my favorite Disney Princess.
⚠️Warning there are some mild spoilers⚠️
The storyline wasn't at all linked to the movie, it was disjointed and had no explanation for why any of it had to happen. The whole aim of the story was to get all of Merida's Family to change, so they all don't get wiped out. Talk about a bloody two dimensional story.
The writing was pretty poor, I found myself sometimes rewording a sentence, just so I could continue. The world building was nonexistent, and the author often focused a lot on things that weren't relevant to the story, and then left out big chunks of info or descriptions of things that mattered.
That being said, at 58% it felt like it was just a "copy and paste" so to speak.
The first little "adventure" Merida went on was to Ardbarrach, with Leezie and Hubert. Long story short Hubert was suddenly "changed".
Merida and Leezie left Ardbarrach without Hubert, so that was one Family member down.
Then the next outing was to Kinlochy with Merida, Fergus and Hamish. And again long story short Fergus came back "changed". The story was very repetitive and drawn-out to the extent of being unbearable.
I was expecting the Merida from the movie, with grit, bravery, cheek, a strong heart, independence, family oriented, and above all the ability to take the piss out of people and things. Instead I got a whiney, self-interested, jealous, brat that's suddenly interested in etching men's faces into dust.........eww
When ever Mierida was around Feradach, she was whiny and childish, not having the capability to see the good in he's destruction. I found myself siding with the "merciless" God.
And I could not stand the mention of Feradach's bloody mane. He's not a horse, stop calling it that, it's just degrading. I kept getting the worst mental image.
Merida's Family was completely different too,
Elinor was cold and very distant. She is like that in the movie, but it was rather fixed at the end. And it felt different in the movie, more natural, less forced.
The twins suddenly had all these problems that don't seem to have a reason for appearing, even though (to the best of my knowledge) it has only been a few years.
Fergus was flat, with none of he's humor.
Leezie seemed to pop up out of nowhere, and was extremely annoying. She was whiney, pathetic, and dimwitted. Her constant infatuation with getting married just felt like an example, to say see Merida isn't THAT bad.
I know this story was supposed to be about the whole family improving themselves, but it seemed so forced, and doesn't line up with what I already knew about them.
Feradach was, well. My favorite character, thought that's not saying much, and that could of changed very easily. I only really liked him because he was more my kind of character, and he felt like the only mature person of the bloody bunch.
I'm just going to say, I skipped to the end and there was a romance with Merida and Feradach, and that's the furthest from the true Merida you could go and I was appalled.
Merida is such a great role model for young girls, and this book has turned her into yet another spineless Disney Princess.
⚠️Warning there are some mild spoilers⚠️
The storyline wasn't at all linked to the movie, it was disjointed and had no explanation for why any of it had to happen. The whole aim of the story was to get all of Merida's Family to change, so they all don't get wiped out. Talk about a bloody two dimensional story.
The writing was pretty poor, I found myself sometimes rewording a sentence, just so I could continue. The world building was nonexistent, and the author often focused a lot on things that weren't relevant to the story, and then left out big chunks of info or descriptions of things that mattered.
That being said, at 58% it felt like it was just a "copy and paste" so to speak.
The first little "adventure" Merida went on was to Ardbarrach, with Leezie and Hubert. Long story short Hubert was suddenly "changed".
Merida and Leezie left Ardbarrach without Hubert, so that was one Family member down.
Then the next outing was to Kinlochy with Merida, Fergus and Hamish. And again long story short Fergus came back "changed". The story was very repetitive and drawn-out to the extent of being unbearable.
I was expecting the Merida from the movie, with grit, bravery, cheek, a strong heart, independence, family oriented, and above all the ability to take the piss out of people and things. Instead I got a whiney, self-interested, jealous, brat that's suddenly interested in etching men's faces into dust.........eww
When ever Mierida was around Feradach, she was whiny and childish, not having the capability to see the good in he's destruction. I found myself siding with the "merciless" God.
And I could not stand the mention of Feradach's bloody mane. He's not a horse, stop calling it that, it's just degrading. I kept getting the worst mental image.
Merida's Family was completely different too,
Elinor was cold and very distant. She is like that in the movie, but it was rather fixed at the end. And it felt different in the movie, more natural, less forced.
The twins suddenly had all these problems that don't seem to have a reason for appearing, even though (to the best of my knowledge) it has only been a few years.
Fergus was flat, with none of he's humor.
Leezie seemed to pop up out of nowhere, and was extremely annoying. She was whiney, pathetic, and dimwitted. Her constant infatuation with getting married just felt like an example, to say see Merida isn't THAT bad.
I know this story was supposed to be about the whole family improving themselves, but it seemed so forced, and doesn't line up with what I already knew about them.
Feradach was, well. My favorite character, thought that's not saying much, and that could of changed very easily. I only really liked him because he was more my kind of character, and he felt like the only mature person of the bloody bunch.
I'm just going to say, I skipped to the end and there was a romance with Merida and Feradach, and that's the furthest from the true Merida you could go and I was appalled.
Merida is such a great role model for young girls, and this book has turned her into yet another spineless Disney Princess.
harleyrae's review against another edition
3.0
This was not at all what I was expecting. For a book that was suppose to be a continuation, it felt nothing like who Merida was. Honestly this book would have been more successful if it wasn’t a continuation of Brave. Besides the fact, I found this to be very boring. Not much really happened. Very slow paced.
sleeptalked's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75