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Whole New World: A Twisted Tale
Whole New World: A Twisted Tale | Liz Braswell
What if Aladdin had never found the lamp? This first book in the A Twisted Tale line will explore a dark and daring version of Disney's Aladdin. When Jafar steals the Genie's lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war. What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. A princess becomes a revolutionary. And readers will never look at the story of "Aladdin" in the same way again. Praise for "A Whole New World" "A magic carpet ride of a book! A fun and unpredictable retelling of the classic Aladdin story, a must-read for all of us Disney fans!" -Melissa de la Cruz
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TheSpineView Fantastic! 10mo
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ShananigansReads
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I‘m sure this is going to happen a lot with this book.

peanutnine 😂😂 10mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
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Aladdin grinned and wrapped her in his arms. Prince, he could, at this point, take or leave.
The rest of his life with Jasmine, however. . . that was worth everything.
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CrystalE02
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Mehso-so

This was a quick read. It was okay. I am debating whether to continue the series. I rated this book a 3 out of 5 stars. This is the fifth book I have completed for the #JubilantJuly readathon hosted by @Andrew65

Andrew65 Doing great 👏👏👏 1y
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TheBiasedBibliophile
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Taken as a whole, I enjoyed this book! It focuses more on an uprising as opposed to Aladdin and Jasmine's relationship, but I appreciated that change. I really enjoyed the way Braswell depicts Jasmine, particularly her efforts to connect with all of her people. I think an opportunity to deepen the themes was overlooked, as I would have liked to see Jasmine take on feminist issues. Her ruling as an unmarried woman still could have been addressed.

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A Whole New World
Liz Braswell

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ParkerFinn
Mehso-so

It was alright. Most of the dialogue is exactly like the Disney movie. Which makes it drag sometimes and other times brings joyful nostalgia. It was nice to see a different take to Aladdin.

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klbwriting

I keep seeing not so great reviews but you know what? I love a fairy tale retelling in any sense so I'm going to read this and love it most likely.

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Skeeterisme
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Mehso-so

Not sure…

MartinaLove I haven't heard a lot of great things about these books. 4y
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I love this cover.

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Godpants Ooh! What a cool idea. 4y
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I‘m so excited I just found out the 12th Twisted Tales book is going to be a twist on Rapunzel‘s story, called What Once Was Mine. (Coming out in September) 💜
#TwistedTales #disney #Rapunzel #book #books #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdeal #bookdealer #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky 📚💞📚

Graciouswarriorprincess I love these books! 4y
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Elysia.Official
Mehso-so

Rather underwhelming and was a take on the Disney tale we didn‘t need

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I am always up for magical adventure although its twisted but whats the fun if things go all the way right i mean you can't expect everything to be perfect and thats why i like this book so much .. ❤

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Twainy
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🎧 Book 1/10 of the Twisted Tales series. An Aladdin re-telling! Aladdin is my all-time favorite Disney movie and 2nd favorite Robin Willliams‘ movie. The story starts out just like the movie until we get to the cave then it‘s an all-out crazy ride with Jafar getting the lamp & control of the Genie so you know things are going to go terribly wrong. New characters! Death and mayhem! Rebellion! 🖤 I LOVED IT! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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2.5/5 stars. Im starting to realise that these are not really twisted tales. There is a slight inconvenience, but the end pretty much more or less ends up the same, and with happliy ever after. Also the first 35% of this book was the original story that we all already know, just really drug out. I wanted actual twisted tales like the Grimm ones. This just isn't it.

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alliekrogers

Won‘t let me upload a picture again but 5 hours to go! #mbcreadathon #mbcgiveaway11

MonthlyBookClub Entered💚💚💚 4y
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MonthlyBookClub Got your entry for check-in 10! 4y
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Revenge4bess
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Has anyone read this or heard of the author?
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I‘m so happy I finally got to read this story. This was such a fun retelling. This story is so much better than the original. It had more action and suspense. I can‘t wait to read the other stories in the series. This book was so much fun to read. I would definitely read it again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#AWholeNewWorld #LizBraswell #TwistedTales #book #books #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshelfie #bookshelfies #shelfie #FairyTales #Fantasy #YoungAdult 💚💚💚💚💚

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Roary47
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I was very interested the whole way through this one. While the beginning was what you will remember from the original cartoon from Disney. There is different vantage points and beautiful narrative along the way. Once the story makes its twist you can expect a bit of a darker take. There is death, plans of war, and a very layered villain that you feel sorry for while you detest him. If you like retellings I would highly recommend this.

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Birdsong28 Have you seen that they are releasing the tagged book? 5y
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Addison_Reads
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Mehso-so

This book was just okay. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed. I love the Disney cartoon, and I just wanted something light-hearted to pass the time, which this did the trick.

I will check out the other ones in this series because I'm a sucker for all things Disney. 😁

bookishbitch I thought the beauty and the beast one was pretty good. Definitely a darker reimagining. 5y
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booklover3258
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My review of this book can be viewed on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npf_QrfExn4

Enjoy!

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herdailyrecos
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Took me a while to finish coz I feel like I‘m too familiar with the OG story. There‘s a certain level of expectation to meet.

It goes with the storyline of the OG version. There‘s nothing wrong with that coz I imagined it to be parallel. I wish they delved on Jafar‘s backstory. That would‘ve justified the twist.

It‘s still a good read for kids & kids‘ at heart. Just darker & more gruesome. Don‘t expect a warm, happily ever after-filled story.

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mirsophie
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I expected more from this. I was honestly kind of bored with this book because it did not seem to have much of a different story. Hopefully the other twisted tales are better than this one.

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Cityofamber
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I have no strong opinions on this one, it won‘t stop me from reading the others but I‘ll probably won‘t read them all and just read the ones from stories I really like. 🤷‍♀️

Lovesbooks87 I love your water bottle! 5y
Cityofamber @Lovesbooks87 thanks 💖 5y
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“she was the royal princess. she had to start acting like one. she had to stop talking about being trapped, about being handed over from one man to another. she had to start acting.
she had to start being the hero.“

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TamTracy
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#7covers7days #covercrush
Day 7

Consider yourself tagged!!!!!!

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#7days7covers #covercrush #Day1

Thanks @Meaw_catlady for the tag!

To play along, tag 7 books with covers you love for 7 days in a row, no explanation needed.

@LapReader would you like to play?

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ReadingRover
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Thank you @MommyOfTwo for the great book and the awesome Harry Potter bag as part of my #SFMBC package. The bag is excellent! It‘s actually just what I need. I love it 🥰 Perfect size! Also a friend of mine just read the book so I‘m excited for that too! Sorry for all the postal confusion. It‘s hectic here as always.

brit91 Awww beautiful picture 5y
brit91 And beautiful dog!❤❤📚📚 5y
MommyOfTwo Yay, sorry to hear about your water leek. I can see why you would forget to check the mail. 5y
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ReadingRover @brit91 Thanks so much! Despite the look on his face he‘s a happy boy 😝 5y
ReadingRover @MommyOfTwo Thanks. I‘m a disaster. If it‘s not one thing it‘s another. I love the bag!!! It‘s a great size and super cute! 5y
BethM Great bag! 5y
Avanders 👏🏽👏🏽♥️ fun bag 😁😁 5y
Avanders Hey chica — I bet your life is as crazy as mine these days! But could you let me know the status on July‘s #sfmbc package? Thanks! 😘 (edited) 5y
Mommamanzi I haven‘t talked to you in forever! Hope all is well ❤️. 5y
Chrys Did you get the #sfmbc package I sent? 5y
Avanders Hi lady .. just checking in on 👆🏽 Chrys‘s question ... I assume yes, but let me know if not! ♥️ 5y
ReadingRover @Avanders @Chrys Hi sorry. It‘s been forever. Yes I got the package. I‘m sorry for not posting. Thank you so much @Chrys! I love everything! I can‘t wait to dig into Achilles. I‘m sorry I never thanked you. 5y
Avanders Oh good! 👏🏽👏🏽 Can you believe it‘s been almost 2 years? I think I get your book next.... and that‘s the last one! 🤭♥️♥️ 5y
ReadingRover @Avanders I can‘t believe. I‘m sad it‘s over. I know I‘ve been bad this last few rounds but I‘ve loved doing this. We should do it again. 5y
Avanders Oh we‘ve all had our months! It‘s been great seeing all that everyone chose. ☺️ I‘m definitely taking a break for a while after this is over .. life got crazy these past 2 years! ... but if you like the mail book club thing, I bet they‘ll do a speculative group in #LMPBC .. watch @ suvata‘s page whenever this round is supposed to be ending... (3 more months?) 5y
ReadingRover I think I‘ll take a break too and see what comes up in a few months. That way things will be in order after the holidays 😝 5y
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hollylynnbee
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Mini book haul 🖤

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Hi I‘m new here and I am just so excited to get to see what others are reading

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Book 44 of the year, finished June 9, audio

An interesting take on the story of Aladdin. Not my favorite fairytale, but I enjoyed it enough that I'll continue with the rest of the series. My husband tells me they get better.