| $@%&! level: None “Bedroom” level: None Violence level: None Back Cover: Before Rapunzel's birth, her mother makes a perilous pact with the sorceress Melisande: If she cannot love newborn Rapunzel just as she appears, she will surrender the child to Melisande. When Rapunzel is born bald and without hope of ever growing hair, her mother is horrified and sends Rapunzel away with the sorceress. Sixteen years later, Melisande reveals that she has another daughter, Rue. Rue has been cursed by a wizard and needs Rapunzel's help to break the enchantment. Caught between Melisande's betrayal and loyalty, Rapunzel decides to help Rue. But bitterness and envy threaten to come between the girls, which means Rue could remain cursed...forever.” |
That's the reason I read it the first time. The reason I read it all the times after that was that it's got a lot of lessons for the heart in there. I especially liked the way that the Prince describes true love. It's sweet and lovely and, I believe, true. I also really enjoyed the way the sorceress dealt with an incipient mob (which I won't explain here for fear of spoilers), and the occasional flashes of wry humor. Well, when you have a bald Rapunzel, you've got to have some humor in there, don't you? And it all has a remarkably satisfying ending.