Twice Upon a Time (Half Upon a Time, book 2)

Twice Upon a Time (Half Upon a Time, book 2)
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Age Range
9+
Release Date
April 24, 2012
ISBN
978-1416995968
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Little mermaids and normal-sized pirates always create the biggest of problems, don't they?

After the surprise revelations of HALF UPON A TIME, Jack, May and Phillip could use the help of a fairy godmother or two on their search for May's true identity. Only, there might be a snag: The entire Fairy Homelands have been put to sleep by an evil curse, and waking them could be hard. That's only if by hard, you mean escaping from the Land of Never, braving a merman-infested ocean to find a Sea Witch, then fighting alongside the pirate Bluebeard against an army of land-invading sharks with legs, all while trying to outwit one of the Wicked Queen's Eyes who seems to know your every move. So, yeah, a bit hard.

But what fun would an easy fairy tale be?
Twice Upon a Time is the second book in the Half Upon a Time series.

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The Fun Continues
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5.0
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What I Loved: From the title to the last page, I was impressed at the clever play on words and the mixing of fairytales. I adore Jack’s character. In the last book, it was established that May needed to know about her past and this book was to pursue that quest. I did not expect that so much would be revealed about Jack’s character. They were given a prophecy that between Jack and Philip one boy would end up betraying May and one would end up dead. However, that seems to be what happens in the end.
The mysterious Lian is a new character that arrives to complicate Jack’s life throughout the story. She is an extremely gifted Eye for the Evil Queen who keeps appearing out of nowhere to further entangle their pursuits for the truth. However, she doesn’t seem quite evil even if she seems to revel in not being good. Jack tries to refute her assertation that he will be the one to betray May. I was extremely surprised when the Fairy Queen says that he was never a hero and not meant to be one.
May is understandably upset over the reveal that her grandmother is not whom she thought. Her sarcasm has grown back and she is downright surly to the point I struggle a bit to like her character. It is a shock to find out the fairytale character she is supposed to be. Her story did not unfold the way it was meant to thanks to the Evil Queen and she is nothing like the character she was meant to be.
Final Verdict: With a mix of Peter Pan, the Pied Piper, Pan the Satyr, Jack and Jill, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, and Sleeping Beauty it is an enjoyable new tale of action and adventure with fairytale magic. The humor and crazy situations and resolutions make this a must-read for Middle-Grade readers all the way to adults.
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