Valentino, Serena Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4), 309
pages. Disney Press, 2017. $18. Content: Language: PG (7 swears); Mature
Content: G: Violence: PG.
This is a
retelling of Maleficent’s character from Sleeping Beauty. From Maleficent’s childhood, she has been
teased as being dark and not a fairy. A
loving woman named Nanny found Maleficent and took her under her wing and
raised her with love. When Maleficent’s
anger is triggered during a fairy test, she unleashes harm on the fairy kingdom
and is forever labeled evil.
I’m not a
huge fan of this Villains series because it feels like a bait and a switch
trick-you read it because it has a villain that you love on the cover, but it
really has more to do with a new set of characters. This book is mostly spent on the Nanny’s
story and Circe, a witch whose three sisters are causing havoc all over the
kingdoms. I think the covers are
fabulous and a lot of kids will pick them up because of that. You have to read them in order otherwise they
are confusing.
EL, MS – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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