What Once Was Mine is the 12th Twisted Tale in the A Twisted Tale (Book Series) and is based on the Disney animated movie, Tangled. It was released on September 7, 2021.
Plot[]
What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good people of Corona search for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her—but mistakenly acquire the shimmering Moondrop flower instead. Nonetheless it heals the queen, and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. With it comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For her safety and the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked in a tower and put under the care of powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.
For eighteen years Rapunzel stays locked away, knowing she must protect others from her magical hair. But when she leaves the only home she’s ever known, wanting only to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday, she gets caught up in an adventure across the kingdom with two thieves—a young woman named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there may be more to her story, and her magical tresses, than she ever knew.
New Characters[]
- Gina - a tritagonist of this book.
- Elizabeth Bathory
Trivia[]
- This is so far the only book in the Twisted Tales series to have a framing device. In this case, Brendan tells the story of What Once Was Mine to his cancer-stricken twin sister, Daniella to tell the story of Tangled differently after she requests to have him read the story to her despite watching the movie three times.
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International titles[]
- Finnish: Mikä kerran oli minun (What Once Was Mine)
- French: Où est la vraie vie? (Where is the Real Life?)
- German: Verlockende Freiheit (Tempting Freedom)
- Italian: Ciò che un giorno era mio (What Once Was Mine)
- Japanese: ワンス・ワズ・マイン (Once Was Mine)
- Spanish: Torna la que ya fue (Turns What Already Was)
