Book Review - Tiana's Perfect Plan

About the Book

In Tiana's Perfect Plan you get a charming debut picture book from acclaimed actress, singer, and Disney Legend Anika Noni Rose, which shows Princess Tiana on a never-before-seen New Orleans adventure!

After traveling all winter, Tiana and Naveen are back in New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. Tiana wants everything to be just right, putting the finishing touches on their party favors and parade float.

But then she gets an unexpected letter from Naveen's parents, the king and queen of Maldonia. They've decided to join the celebration!

Determined to make it the best Mardi Gras ever, Tiana sets out on a new adventure with some old friends to find the perfect ingredients for a special addition. But soon she finds that perfect might not be the goal . . . and she may already have all she needs.

My Take on the Book

Anika Noni Rose’s debut picture book offers a delightful new chapter in Princess Tiana's life, perfect for fans of The Princess and the Frog. Set during Mardi Gras, the story follows Tiana as she tries to create the perfect king cake for her royal in-laws’ surprise visit. Determined to impress the king and queen of Maldonia, she sets off on a fun, adventurous journey through the New Orleans bayou to find the unique ingredients she needs.

The book beautifully captures Tiana’s hardworking, spirited personality and highlights her love for her family and friends. As Tiana searches for a “dollop of magic glow” to make her cake extra special, she learns a valuable lesson: perfection isn’t necessary when love is at the heart of her efforts. The lively, colorful illustrations capture the vibrant energy of New Orleans and Mardi Gras, bringing Tiana’s world to life on the page.

This story is perfect for young readers, with its blend of adventure, familiar characters, and a heartfelt message about love and effort. It’s an entertaining addition to any Disney collection, especially for those who admire Tiana’s resilience and spirit.

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Book Review - The Art of Inside Out 2

About the Book

In The Art of Inside Out 2 you get a stunning book showcases the art, behind-the-scenes details, and making of the Disney and Pixar animated feature film Inside Out 2.

The next in the fan-favorite, collectible Art of series, The Art of Inside Out 2 presents the story behind the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios and the sequel to the beloved blockbuster Inside Out. It highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation—including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more—and features exclusive interviews with the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details. This book is the perfect gift for aspiring artists, animators, film buffs, and fans.

My Take on the Book
This was a fantastic book that really captured the artwork of this emotional and poignant film. The book walks you through the movie and allows you to go behind the scenes to better understand the artwork and the craft of animation. My whole family loved this film and they loved going deeper into the film with this book and you will too!

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Book Review - Feeling Feelings: Inside Out: A Guided Emotions Journal

About the Book

In Feeling Feelings: Inside Out: A Guided Emotions Journal, you can write down your thoughts and feelings with the help of Joy, Sadness, and the rest of the Emotions from Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out films.

This mindfulness journal is just the thing to encourage you to check in with yourself and manage your feelings throughout the day. With journaling space for goal setting in the morning and reflection in the evening, this simple mood tracker journal uses the films’ characters to help you express your emotions and jot down your feelings in an approachable, Pixar-inspired way.


My Take on the Book

Have you ever felt like your emotions were a bit of a mystery? Like you needed a little help understanding what was going on inside your head? Well, Disney and Pixar have come to the rescue with their delightful guided emotions journal, "Feeling Feelings: Inside Out: A Guided Emotions Journal."

In this wonderful journal, you'll find yourself guided though your own emotions from characters from the film. The journal is designed to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness, offering a gentle nudge to check in with yourself and manage your feelings throughout the day.

There is plenty of room in the book to set goals for yourself as well as track your mood and better understand ways to express your own emotions to others.

Overall, the book allows you to better connect to your own emotions by being honest about how you are truly feeling. I gave this to my own daughter and she absolutely adored it! With the release of the new Inside Out movie, her interest in understanding her emotions has only grown. The book has helped her to better explain her emotions. 

This is a great book that will really help your kids with understanding and expressing their emotions!

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Book Review - Kingdom Keepers Inheritance: Villains' Realm: Kingdom Keepers Inheritance Book 2

About the Book
The second book in this all new KINGDOM KEEPERS INHERITANCE trilogy follows our young heroes to parks around the world as they work to stop the most villainous villain of all—Ursula—from taking over for good!

In this latest book in the series that has sold over a million copies worldwide, Ridley Pearson expands the Kingdom Keepers world in ways no reader—or Disney Parks fan—could have imagined.

Home from their adventures abroad in book one, Eli and his friends are safe and sound at Epcot with their families—or are they? When Eli learns that the CEO of the Walt Disney Company has mysteriously done a 180 and ordered Villains Realms to be built in every park across the globe, he and his friends know something is amiss. It turns out that Ursula, the baddest of the big bads, has recruited an evil chemist to recreate Walt's magical ink, which would allow the Villains to travel between parks and end Disney magic as we know it.

With the help of Cinderella's very own Fairy Godmother—the notorious FGM as she's known in this world—they set out to stop Ursula—jumping from Epcot to Disneyland to Disneyland Paris, where the ultimate battle between good and evil plays out. Will Eli and his friends prevail, or will the Villains finally have their way?

My Take on the Book
This send book definitely brings back feelings from the first series. In this book you get to see the Overtakers coming back and how the characters have to work together against them. I also liked the character growth that you saw in this book, especially between Eli and Blair. The book had adventure, action, humor and more. The Overtakers were great to see and I was happy to see that we even got a new Overtaker in the mix, Narissa! All-in-all this is a great addition to the trilogy and I cannot wait to get to read book three!

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Book Review - Kingdom Keepers: Inheritance The Shimmer

About the Book
The first book in a new Kingdom Keepers series.

In the near future, in the Epcot of Walt Disney's imagination, sixty thousand people live in a CommuniTree surrounding the forward-looking Walt Disney World theme park. Five unique families are among the residents—and some of the parents were once known as the Kingdom Keepers. Their identities are carefully guarded to raise their children without special treatment; most of the Kingdom Keepers work for the Walt Disney Company and have settled into "ordinary" and rewarding lives. When a messenger carrying a secret communication coincides with both a solar eclipse and Eli Whitman's thirteenth birthday—a few "ordinary" kids are thrust into a battle to save Epcot and find their friend who has mysteriously disappeared. With their friend missing and their parents acting strangely, the Kingdom Kids discover they are in possession of unusual powers as they forge a bond to rescue their friend and uncover the truth about how real magic has entered their lives.

My Take on the Book
I really enjoyed the original series and was excited to see what they would do with this new rendition of the series. You get brand new characters that are the fun, but you also get new Overtakers (along with the old ones as well). You can tell in this first book that the author is setting up the premise for the books to come. You get to see and learn about the creator of the Overtakers and his grandson and you can easily tell that he will be bad news in the future. While this book did not have a lot of Disney characters within it, I know that things will continue to progress in the future and in the end I am really looking forward to seeing what comes next in the series. 

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Book Review - Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider

About the Book
The final title in the original KINGDOM KEEPERS series is back with an all-new look and new content!

The Kingdom Keepers’ senior year in high school is almost over. For more than three years, things have been quiet. Their battles are long behind them, they agree, the threat to the Disney realm silenced–albeit at great cost. But inside the catacombs of the Aztec temple where Finn Whitman faced down his nemesis, the monstrous Chernabog, a new threat brews.

Deception and betrayal rock the Kingdom Keepers as the merciless group of Disney villains known as the Overtakers stage an unexpected comeback. But a discovery by the Keepers provides them with one hope of victory—a lost icon. It was believed to be gone forever. The Keepers have one last chance to preserve the heart of the Kingdom—Disneyland—from a terrifying destruction decades in the making.

My Take on the Book
I have been a big fan of the Kingdom Keepers since the series began. In this book, you see the original characters, still rocking from the loss of their friend, Duncan, come back together as villains of the parks continue their attacks and, this time, take their attacks to the next level. One of the things that I love about the book is that, as a fan of the parks, you get to relive some of your own experiences in the parks and intersperse things that you did not know about too. In this book, I loved how the characters all have to work together to bring all of the work they have done throughout all of the books together to keep the parks safe and to allow the parks to be the shining gems that are.


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Book Review - Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale

About the Book
What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? This New York Times best-selling series twists Disney•Pixar's Brave into a fast-paced story in which Merida is sent back in time.

If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as princess of Clan DunBroch, she has certain obligations—but that doesn’t mean she has to like it. Especially when one of those obligations means losing her freedom by becoming betrothed to a man she has never met. Merida balks at this tradition, but her mother Queen Elinor insists that Merida must do this to embrace her role as future queen.

Determined to chart her own path, Merida follows magical wisps to a witch’s cottage, where she is given a magic pastry and promised it will incite “a great transformation” in her mother. But instead of feeding Elinor the pastry, Merida eats it herself.

Merida awakens in the past, a now-teenage Elinor holding a knife to her throat and accusing her of espionage. She’s been transported to a time when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch are bitter enemies. And it just so happens that the timing of Merida’s arrival has kept Elinor and Fergus from meeting.

Will Merida be able to bridge the rival clans, help her parents fall in love, and change her own fate?

My Take on the Book
I love these twisted tales and in reading this, this is no different. I loved how this book brought forth the story of Merida in a whole new way. The story had a ton of twists and turns and makes you keep guessing about what might happen until the very end. The book is a ton of fun and Merida gets to learn so much more about herself, her parents and the clans too. All-in-all this is a great book that keeps brings you back for more!

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Book Review - Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World

About the Book
Award-winning journalist and CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir draws on his years of immersive travel and reporting to share the best ideas and stories of hope and positivity from the people and communities around the world who are thriving in the wake of climate change and what we can learn from them to build a more promising future.

While reporting from every state and every continent and filming his acclaimed CNN Original Series The Wonder List, Bill Weir has spent decades telling the stories of unique people, places, cultures, and creatures on the brink of change. As the first Chief Climate Correspondent in network news, he’s immersed in the latest science and breakthroughs on the topic while often on the frontlines of disasters, natural and manmade.

In 2020, Bill began distilling these experiences into a series of Earth Day letters for his then-newborn son to read in 2050 to help him better understand the world he will have grown up in and be better prepared to embrace the future. Bill’s work and letters inspired Life As We Know It (Can Be), which confronts the worry and wonder of climate change with messages and examples of hope for all of us on how a better future can still be written.

Highlighting groundbreaking innovation in fields of clean energy, food and water sources, housing and building materials, and more, and touching on how happiness, resilience, and health and wellness factor into the topic of climate change, Bill’s stories take readers on a global journey, from one community in Florida that took on a hurricane and never lost power, to the Antarctic Peninsula where one species of penguin is showing us the key to survival, to the nuclear fusion labs where scientists are trying to build a star in a box. In these pages, we join a search for ancient wisdom and new ideas.

Life As We Know It (Can Be) is a celebration of the wonders of our planet, a meditation on the human wants and needs that drive it out of balance, and an inspiration for communities to galvanize around nature and each other as the very best way to best prepare and plan for what’s next.

My Take on the Book
This is a great book from someone who knows his material. I was really interested in seeing the in-depth way in which the author really explores this complex topic and brings out insightful thoughts about the topic, but also well thought out solutions as well. The way in which the author shares the topic lifts us up instead of blaming, and encourages and offers hope instead of doom and gloom which is a nice change! 


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Book Review - RunDisney: The Official Guide to Racing Around the Parks

About the Book
The first-ever official guidebook by RunDisney, the hugely popular road race division of The Walt Disney Company!

With this comprehensive guide, readers will learn:

• The basics of running, while planning a most magical “runcation” to the Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland.
• Which race is the best for themselves or their family.
• What gear is needed for a RunDisney event and what resources are available at the Disney parks.

The must-have guide runDisney: The Official Guide to Racing Around the Parks is written by Scott Douglas, who writes extensively for Runner’s World magazine, and includes a foreword by Olympian and bestselling author Jeff Galloway. Select expert sidebars by Galloway and Olympian Molly Huddle offer additional tips on training, gear, etiquette, and more.

My Take on the Book
If you are someone who has ever dreamed of running Disney, even if you are a newer runner, this is a book you will want to read. The book goes through so much about the races within the parks and what you can do to prepare well for the race. This is a must-have for anyone who wants to run in the races, as there are things I was unaware of that you need to know if you plan to run them; this is a great basic insider guide that will help any aspiring park runner!

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Book Review - The Dark Ascension Series: The Lost Ones

About the Book
Before Captain Hook became Never Land’s villain, there were two siblings seeking a home . . . 

In The Dark Ascension Series: The Lost Ones James and Marlene have always felt out of place in their humdrum fishing village, longing to escape the quiet lives their parents envision for them. But when Marlene’s birthday wish transports them both to an unsettling, magical paradise called Never Land, they discover an unexpected alternative: the chance to stay forever with the charismatic Peter and his Lost Boys. 

As the twins delve into the island’s violent secrets, their actions reignite a conflict between the fractured Lost Boys—and for the first time in their lives, James and Marlene find themselves at odds. With a war brewing and their memories slipping away every minute they spend in Never Land, they must choose whether to stay or go. But even if the twins stand together, Never Land--and Peter--won’t allow them to leave so easily. 

How far are James and Marlene willing to go to chart their own destinies? And if the price for freedom is losing their true selves--and each other--is it worth the cost?

 
My Take on the Book
I have always loved the Peter Pan story, and in this story, you get taken behind the scenes to better understand who Captain Hook is (or at least was) and why he is the way he is regarding how he feels about Peter Pan. The story humanizes James Hook as a boy and as a man and lets you see and understand him on a deeper level. In the end, you get to see the decisions that James makes and how this impacts his life and, in the end, turns him into the Captain Hook that you know. The book is a great read and something that really made me rethink and reconsider how I felt about Captain Hook, and it will do the same to you too!

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Book Review - The Dark Ascension Series: The Wicked Ones

About the Book
In The Dark Ascension Series: The Wicked Ones, Drizella and Anastasia only know one thing for certain: they will never end up like their mother, Lady Tremaine. When their father left them as young girls, he took what was left of their family’s fortune and their mother’s dignity with him. A few years and one deceased stepfather later, the only version of Lady Tremaine that Drizella and Anastasia know is a bitter and cruel head of house. Anastasia and Drizella have promised themselves―and each other―that they'll be different. They'll find love, see the world, and never let their hearts go cold.

But both sisters are all too aware of what it can mean when cast into disfavor with their mother, and fueled by Lady Tremaine’s tendencies to pit the daughters against one another, Drizella and Anastasia are locked into a complicated waltz of tenuous sisterhood. On the cusp of the royal debut party―their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their mother’s expectations―the sisters at last get a glimpse of what life could be like outside of Lady Tremaine’s intentions: Drizella discovering a love of science and Anastasia sparking a secret romance. But never underestimate the power a mother whose greatest talents lie in manipulation, and the sisters may learn that even the cruelest of hearts can spill blood.

This first book in the new Disney Villains Dark Ascension series by National Book Award-winning author Robin Benway explores the complex sibling rivalry between the two wicked stepsisters from Cinderella that turned them into the characters we know today.

 

My Take on the Book

As a Disney fan, I have to say that I love these stories that make you consider characters and stories in a whole new way. In this book, you will get to see characters that you have come to know, love, and despise, such as Drizella & Anastasia, their mother, Lady Tremaine, and, of course, Cinderella.

In this book, you get a brand new story that delves deeper into the lives of the stepsisters and the backstory of who they were in the movie. The book is definitely not a lighthearted tale; while I do not condone the bullying that they did to Cinderella, the author does allow you to see them in a new way and allows you to see how they became the people that you came to know them as.

The plot was easy to follow, and it does interweave well with the overall Cinderella story, too. You get to learn so much about Drizella and Anastasia and gain better insight into their dreams, their wants, and more. In the end, the sisters have some large decisions to make about who they are and who they want to be, and whether they will do what they must do to escape the grasp of their mother.

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Book Review - The Art of Wish

About the Book
This stunning volume of the Disney Art of series is an exclusive look behind the scenes of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original feature film Wish. 

A deluxe installment of the beloved Art of Disney series shares the story behind the art and making of Wish, a feature film set to release during the 100th anniversary year of Walt Disney Animation Studios. A film that could only come from Disney Animation, this epic animated musical is inspired by the legacy of films from the studio and asks the question “How did the wishing star, upon which so many characters wished, come to be?”

The story follows Asha—an optimist with a sharp wit who cares endlessly about her community. In a moment of desperation, Asha makes an impassioned plea to the stars, which is answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, they face the most formidable of foes to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

This stunning Disney book highlights the beautiful artwork from the film’s creation—including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more—and features exclusive interviews from the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details.

My Take on the Book
This is such a great book that brings the art of the Disney Movie Wish alive. The movie was such a wonderful story, and the color and artwork throughout were things that my family and I thoroughly enjoyed. This book really allows you to relive that experience page after page. One of the things I love about this and the other Art books is that you really get taken into the movie and brought behind the scenes into the creative process, and by the end, you leave knowing so much more about the movie and the people that brought the movie to life. 

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Book Review - Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder: A retrospective collection of artwork featuring iconic Disney characters from the past 100 years

About the Book

In Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder you can travel back through 100 years of The Walt Disney Company with 240 pages of art instruction and animation history with Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder.

Featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends, the Disney Princess characters, Pixar characters, and so much more, Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder is a must-have collector's item which celebrates beloved animated characters through step-by-step drawing projects, character sketches, and vintage artwork from the Disney archives. Each section of drawing lessons is categorized by decade in Disney history, along with historical context and interesting anecdotes and facts sprinkled throughout.

In each decade, learn how Disney animators have drawn the following characters and dozens more:

• 1920s: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 1930s: Donald Duck, the Big Bad Wolf, and Snow White
• 1940s: Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Bambi
• 1950s: Cinderella, Alice, and Tinker Bell
• 1960s: Cruella De Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Baloo from The Jungle Book, and The Sword and the Stone’s Arthur
• 1970s: Marie from The Aristocats, Robin Hood, and Winnie the Pooh
• 1980s: Tod and Copper from The Fox and the Hound and The Little Mermaid's Ariel
• 1990s: Aladdin and Jasmine, Simba from The Lion King, and Woody from Toy Story
• 2000s: Stitch, Lightning McQueen from Cars, and Tiana from The Princess and the Frog
• 2010s:Frozen’s Elsa and Anna, Moana, and Coco’s Miguel
• 2020s: Ian and Barley from Onward,Encanto’s Mirabel, and Meilin from Turning Red

Artists and Disney fans alike will be entertained and enlightened by the well-rounded collector’s experience that is Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder.

My Take on the Book
For anyone who loves Disney and Disney animation, this is a must-have! The book really explores 100 years of Disney history and places it smack-dab in front of you where you can explore and enjoy it thoroughly. On top of learning more about the behind-the-scenes aspects of Disney, you also can learn about drawing some of your favorite Disney characters as well (though the book is not really a drawing book per se). The book offers a plethora of information on the history of animation and I found myself completely drawn into every page and I came out of the book knowing so much more! The book is an enjoyable read and one that you will not forget! 

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Book Review - Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town: The Story, the Characters, and the Legacy

About the Book

After 30 years, discover the inspirations behind Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and its legacy as a certified pop-culture experience in the new book The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town: The Story, the Characters, and the Legacy.

What is it about Jack Skellington that is so compelling? Why does the love between Sally and Jack resonate with so many? The feature-length, stop-motion movie about the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town who becomes obsessed with celebrating Christmas is a fascinating musical and love story that has transcended the original film and captivated the world. From the improbable tale to the lovable characters, Tim Burton’s creation has turned into a lifestyle, branching into fashion, video games, card and board games, live-action concerts, themed celebrations at Disneyland, and even cameos in other movies.

Featuring an original foreword by Tim Burton himself, Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town celebrates the film and the culture that has grown around it with exclusive and original interviews from:

• Author and creator, Tim Burton
• Animators, sculptors, and other artists of the film
• Jack Skellington himself, Danny Elfman
• The iconic voice of Sally, Catherine O’Hara
• Musicians on the Nightmare Revisited album

Delve into the magic of Halloween and Christmas in a story told through unlikely heroes that started 30 years ago. This beautifully designed coffee-table book is sure to captivate die-hard and casual fans alike.


My Take on the Book
As a fan of this movie, this book gives you everything you would ever want. The book really allows you to delve beyond the movie into everything about the making of the movie to the actors and characters within it, the people who created it, the branding of items surrounding the movie and more. If you are as much of a fan as I am, this book will be a treasure trove of amazing information for you and your family and it will be a book that you will want to have prominently shared for others to view too! 

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Book Review - Art of Elemental

About the Book

The Art of Elemental showcases the art and making of the next animated film from Pixar Animation Studios.

The Art of Elemental presents the story behind the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios. It highlights the stunning artwork from the film's creation—including character designs, storyboards, color scripts, and much more—and features exclusive interviews from the creative team along with behind-the-scenes details. The next in this fan-favorite, collectible series of Art of titles, this book is the perfect gift for aspiring artists, animators, aspiring film buffs, and fans alike.

EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES DETAILS: 

Fans will want to delve into and explore this new Pixar Animation film through production art, stories, and making-of details exclusive to this book.

PART OF THE FAN-FAVORITE SERIES: 

The collectible Art of series from Disney and Pixar are perfect for animation enthusiasts, filmmakers, students, and fans of Disney and Pixar alike. Add it to the shelf with other bestselling books like The Art of Turning Red, The Art of Encanto, and The Art of Strange World.


My Take on the Book
This is a beautiful book that really explores all aspects of the upcoming Disney Pixar movie Elemental. You do get the story behind the movie, but beyond that, you get drawn into the amazing artwork that surrounds the movie as well. I loved seeing the character designs and the amazing color throughout the book. The movie itself is strewn with so many colors that represent the elements. This book really is a collector's item, and it made me even more excited to see the movie itself. Whether you are an animation enthusiast, filmmaker, student, or just a fan of Disney and Pixar, this is a book you will want to have at home!

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Book Review - Happily Ever Island

About the Book
Welcome to Happily Ever Island, the most pixie-dusted vacation a Disney fan could ever imagine.

Head-in-the-clouds romantic Madison and driven pragmatist Lanie are unlikely best friends, but the two would do anything for each other. So when Madison’s life starts to fall apart, Lanie agrees to join Madison for the test run of Disney’s newest resort experience during their first college spring break: Happily Ever Island―an immersive vacation destination, where guests can become their favorite Disney character for a week. Madison decides to go as the iconic princess herself, Cinderella, with Lanie as bow-wielding Merida. It’s not Lanie’s idea of fun, but she knows Madison needs her, and besides, she could use the break from her strenuous courseload anyway. Plus, maybe she’ll get to shoot things.

But once on the island, Lanie and Madison begin to drift apart. Madison finds herself either missing out or messing up all the enchanting moments she has dreamt her whole life about, and is forever running into their annoyingly perfect (and distractingly cute) vacation’s coordinator, Val. Meanwhile, Lanie unexpectedly finds herself swept up in the magic of it all. She strikes up a secret romance with Prince Charming―but there’s no telling whether he’s just playing a part.

In this delightful YA rom-com inspired by Disney fandom, get swept up in a whirlwind of laughter, tears, and more than just a touch of Disney magic.

Learn more about this book on Amazon!

 
My Take on the Book
This was a fun book that allows you to see a Disney fan on a trip of a lifetime to test out a new Disney park (talk about a dream come true). This book brings a fun story that any Disney fan will love with characters that are well-developed and in the end you get a book that grabs your attention and keeps it from the beginning to the end! 

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Book Review - Prince of Song & Sea

About the Book
For fans of Twisted Tales and Villains is a brand new YA series that retells the classic Disney stories you thought you knew from the Disney Princes' perspectives.

Before Prince Eric’s mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die. With a neighboring kingdom looking for any excuse to invade their shores, and rumors of ghost pirates lurking the seas, Eric is desperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment and bring stability to Vellona. The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his true love, the one with a voice pure of heart,or kill the sea witch responsible for cursing him in the first place.

Now Eric is on a quest to find the Isle of Serein, the witch's legendary home. But after he is rescued by a mysterious young woman with a mesmerizing singing voice, Eric’s heart becomes torn. Does he enter a battle he is almost certain he cannot win or chase a love that might not even exist? And when a shipwrecked young woman with flaming red hair and a smile that could calm the seven seas enters his life, Eric may discover that true love isn’t something that can be decided by magic.

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My Take on the Book
I was always a BIG fan of the little mermaid, and this book allows you step into the story and understand Eric's side of the story. As you read this, you will better understand some of the things you remember from the movie, but in a different way. As I jumped into this book, I found that I could not put it down, and I finished the book in only 2 days. If you are a Disney fan and love The Little Mermaid, you will not want to miss this book!
 

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Book Review - Bravely

About the Book

What if you had one year to save everything you loved?

ONE PRINCESS. Merida of DunBroch needs a change. She loves her family―jovial King Fergus, proper Queen Elinor, the mischievous triplets― and her peaceful kingdom. But she’s frustrated by its sluggishness; each day, the same. Merida longs for adventure, purpose, challenge – maybe even, someday, love.

TWO GODS. But the fiery Princess never expects her disquiet to manifest by way of Feradach, an uncanny supernatural being tasked with rooting out rot and stagnation, who appears in DunBroch on Christmas Eve with the intent to demolish the realm – and everyone within. Only the intervention of the Cailleach, an ancient entity of creation, gives Merida a shred of hope: convince her family to change within the year – or suffer the eternal consequences.

THREE VOYAGES. Under the watchful eyes of the gods, Merida leads a series of epic journeys to kingdoms near and far in an attempt to inspire revolution within her family. But in her efforts to save those she loves from ruin, has Merida lost sight of the Clan member grown most stagnant of all – herself?

FOUR SEASONS TO SAVE DUNBROCH – OR SEE IT DESTROYED, FOREVER.

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My Take on the Book
What I loved about this book is it really took you into what life would have been like in Medieval Scotland. While I thought it would be more of a Disney-related story, and while it is connected, the story is bittersweet and opens the future for more possibilities. The book is beautifully written, and the author has done a wonderful job of drawing in the reader with vivid imagery and solid character development. You will love seeing Merida as a bold woman, but the story really shows you more depth and perspective when it comes to Merida and the woman she is becoming.

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Book Review - Finding Fire

About the Book

In Finding Fire, can a young boy find fire for his family—and bring it safely home? An exciting, nearly wordless picture book adventure as visually compelling as a Pixar short.

After a hard rain douses the family fire, a brave young boy sets out to search for more fire to bring home before the cold season sets in. Along the way, he’ll face many challenges, from perilous mountains to fearsome predators to raging rivers, and find something wholly unexpected: a friend. In his picture book debut, artist Logan S. Kline crafts a dramatic tale inspired by prehistoric times and told almost entirely through stunningly detailed illustrations. “Finding Fire started with the sketch of a small boy holding a torch and grew from there,” he says. “A lot of research went into creating the art for this book, yet the look of the boy changed very little over time as he was inspired by my children, from my younger son's wiry frame to my elder son's wild hair that goes in a million different directions.” This gorgeous adventure story just begs to be visited again and again, with each perusal promising new discoveries.


My Take on the Book

This was a wonderful story with great characters and images that really jump off the page. Through the story you will find themes of kindness, bravery and more as well as perseverence. It is a fun, simple story that will be fun to share with your own kids!

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