After months of isolation, her captors suddenly give her a cellmate-Adam, a drop-dead gorgeous guy. Juliette’s journal holds her tortured thoughts in an attempt to repress memories of the horrific act that landed her in a cell. Juliette was torn from her home and thrown into an asylum by The Reestablishment, a militaristic regime in control since an environmental catastrophe left society in ruins. Following the original movie portrayal, Meg has red hair, pale skin, and violet eyes.Ī dystopic thriller joins the crowded shelves but doesn't distinguish itself.
This is a fun story full of action, twists, and film references, but ultimately it reads a bit like fan fiction.
Chapters move between past and present, adding depth to Meg’s character and her backstory of independence, lost love, and working for Hades. Meg must confront her past in order to discover what she truly wants in life and in love. With the help of Phil and Pegasus, she’ll face dangerous beasts and gods and try to escape Hades once again to complete her quest. First, she must locate Athena’s lost flute, then she must retrieve the lost soul of her ex-love’s wife from the Underworld-the same ex-love for whom Meg sold her soul to Hades and the same man who moved on to another woman one week after Meg disappeared. Fortunately, Hera offers her the chance to become a god if she can prove her worth by completing a quest in 10 days. She couldn’t be happier until Zeus denies his request and says she can’t remain on Mount Olympus with Hercules because she’s mortal. 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.Megara becomes the heroine of this fractured tale that poses an alternate ending to Disney’s Hercules.Īfter Hercules becomes a god, he chooses to return to Earth with Meg. 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. For eighteen years Rapunzel stays locked away, knowing she must protect others from her magical hair. 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. With it comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. Nonetheless, it heals the queen, and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. 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.
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