I immediately thought of this as the Disney equivalent of a girl dropping a handkerchief in the hope that a boy would pick it up and they would fall in love (I watch a lot of Pride & Prejudice!) She seems to have taken this very personally: equating his abandonment of his shadow as an abandonment of her, but still keeping the shadow safe, should he change his mind. It has been 4 years since Nana tore Peter Pan’ shadow from his body and Wendy is frustrated and disappointed that Peter has never come to reclaim it. Even London’s sky is “choked” by the clouds rather than blanketed by them Braswell wastes no time in managing our expectations: letting us know that this will not be a romantic tale of stars and pixie dust. Gone are the sickeningly sweet nursery scenes and Nana in a nursemaid’s hat. As with all the twisted tales though, nothing is as it seems.Īny regular reader will know Liz Braswell is a favourite of mine for bringing the darkness to our favourite fairy tales and Straight on Till Morning is no exception. Liz Braswell is back and better than ever with her latest twisted tale based on the story of Peter Pan. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew.“What if Wendy went to Never Land with Captain Hook?” When she finally decides to leave the only home she's ever known-to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday-she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.įor eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal.

This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl?with hair as silver and gray as the moon. but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead.

The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her.

Liz braswell straight on till morning