Fire and Fate: A Tale of the Lord of Darkness (Villains)

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What I like about this series is that there is a link of the book of fairy tales between all of them, with even some stories interconnected (we got a little Snow White, Little Mermaid, and Sleeping Beauty in this one). I get that the mythology version and the Disney version of him are very different but that didn’t work for me.

Despite this, I loved the author’s writing style and thought that Hades was portrayed excellently, as I could almost HEAR him saying his words the way the movie character would have.

Die Handlung ist spannend und voller unerwarteter Wendungen, die einen bis zum Schluss auf Trab halten. Die Autorin hat eine unglaublich lebendige Unterwelt erschaffen, die mit ihren detaillierten Beschreibungen zum Leben erwacht. So, don’t let that sway you, except that I do think a basic understanding of the Disney story helps a lot in this series. While Hades tries to make the best of a lonely situation, eternity proves a long time to be forced live in a role—a domain—he never wanted. And the part of the story no one tells is that when your family treats you like a villain, it is far too easy to become one.

El problema es que la mayor parte de la trama se ha basado en las hermanas extrañas y en conexiones con otras historias. As Hades tells his own story, we find out more about the Book of Fairy Tales, the way all stories are connected and how this dark lord tries to right his mistakes.Rescato la narrativa tan amigable y única de Serena, no es pesada en ningún momento y seguimos en este desarrollo del mundo que ella creó; y como nos deja con ese final que ya me urge leer el siguiente libro.

I have never read the Disney villain series from Serena Valentino, but Hades is my favorite Disney villain, so I was excited for this. These are all standalones but there is a lot of details from the previous books in this series, which I haven’t read yet, so that could be confusing at times. Hades was fascinated by the odd sisters and wanted to be apart of their life so he took Circe away and made the odd sisters believe she was killed in the fire Maleficent caused in the fairylands. Bored and lonely, Hades befriends these mysterious Odd Sisters and makes a bargain that will change the course of fate. Then the odd sisters, Pflanze, the original Circe and Hades live happily ever after in the underworld.Lucinda tried to kill Circe which should have been the climax of the story and a big fight but snap 🫰 Hades killed her and they all lived happily ever after. Hades has always been one of my favorite villains and it was nice to see some human qualities to him. I can tell that there were many connections between this book and others in the Disney villain series, particularly with The Odd Sisters, but it didn’t impact my ability to understand or enjoy the book. So much looking into the past, looking into the future, multiple fairy tales combining, and I get confused. If I’d stuck at it, I easily could have finished this book in just over an hour but I forced myself to slow down and read it in 4 sittings - mainly in the hopes that the story would get better, which sadly wasn’t the case.