EVIL DISNEY. EVIL ROBOT DISNEY. WITH MURDER, AND ALSO TECHNOLOGY.
EVIL ROBOT DISNEY OF THE FUTURE.
What more do I have to say?! I hope it’s not a lot, because that’s really all I got. This book was nonstop exciting and nonstop original and nonstop awesome and that’s really all I have to say.
But for the sake of “writing” “a” “full” “review,” I’ll elaborate.
First, synopsis.<b/ig>
This is about Ana, one of seven “Fantasists” (think cyborg-y Disney princesses) at The Kingdom (think Disney but huge and future-y). Ana is nice and great and INTERESTING, which is crazy because anytime a YA protagonist is “nice” it’s just a “nice” way of saying “boring and personality-less.”
I’m aware I’m overusing the quotation marks, but please let me have my fun.
Ana meets Owen, a cutie theme park employee, and starts falling in LOOOOVE. But…robots CAN’T LOVE. ROBOTS CAN’T FEEL. (Ana isn’t quite a robot but the point stands.)
It’s the Singularity, baby. Except with amusement parks and fairytales. (So basically the dream.)
But then, somehow, impossibly, it gets MORE interesting. Because Ana gets accused of murdering Owen, igniting the Trial Of The Century.
This is the book we read.
CAN YOU BELIEVE WE’RE BLESSED WITH A PLOTLINE LIKE THIS?
This story is legitimately unputdownable. It’s fun from page one and it never stops being fun, and twisty, and exciting. The characters are so interesting and you really!!! care about them!!! Which is unusual for me.
Still, this wasn’t a perfect book. It dragged in parts and was sometimes a bit melodramatic, and Ana’s internal monologue could get repetitiveeee. The other Fantasists were, by and large, flat and boring.
But everything else was so, so fun.
READ THIS BOOK.
Bottom line: This is straight up some of the most creative and original YA I’ve ever read, especially in recent years. PLEASE READ IT SO WE CAN GET MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. (And also from this author’s crazy mad scientist brain.)
Thank you to Fierce Reads and Macmillan Children’s for the ARC! The Kingdom is out May 28.
Asking for a friend hahahahaha
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is this believable
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Hahaha what do you think????
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foiled again
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Wowowww this premise you had me from “evil robot disney” lmaooo i need to read thisss!
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omg you would LOVE it. it’s like made for you
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Uhhh, I haven’t finished it yet, but StepSister is pretty damn exciting at the moment!!
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oooh exciting title even???
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It’s a retelling of Cinderella’s stepsisters, but it’s more than that because it’s also got the three Fates, and Chance, and I’m really enjoying it (when I’m actually reading it!!)
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that sounds……so sick
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I can’t wait to read this one! I just add this to my tbr because of the vibrant cover, and the story just sounds really interesting and creative. I’m glad you loved it! ❤
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it is legitimately a blast and a half. hope you also love it!
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omg, you had me at “evil disney” (why yes, I do know that’s the very beginning of the review, but what can I say it’s quite a hook). and a nice protagonist who’s actually interesting???? murder trial???? I’m so here for this. (definitely glad to be forewarned about the melodrama and repetitiveness since that’s something that can be a dealbreaker for me, but hearing that the rest is worth it has motivated me to look past it when I pick it up!)
the single most exciting book I’ve read recently is probably Tiny Pretty Things, followed by The Astrologer’s Daughter and Reflection (a Mulan retelling, if you find yourself still in the Disney mood 😉).
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YES!!! melodrama is usually a dealbreaker for me, but the non-melodramatic bits are So Exciting that it breaks it up. same goes for the repetitiveness. i HOPE YOU LOVE IT.
ooh reflection sounds like a good follow up to this one….hm…….
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Oh, this is cool?!
I saw this on GR, but skimmed over it cuz the cover suggested it’s some kinda fantasy, but on a second look i can see the robot! Haha.
Great review 🙂
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it’s a little fantasy-y! but not a lot. also omg hi i missed reading your posts!!!
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This sounds amazing! It’s super rare for me to find fleshed out characters I actually care about too… So happy to hear this one had an epic MC! And an epic story to boot!
Distopian cyborg-y Disney princesses – now THAT’S something I wasn’t expecting to read about xD
Fantastic review, Emma! I’ll keep this one in mind 🙂
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omg thanks love ❤ ❤ yeah i never??? like characters?? b/c i honestly never find characters i really Care About. they always feel flat. not these ones though, hurray! hope you like it if you pick it up ❤
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I’m so glad you loved this and so pumped to read this now!
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it’s a blast!!!!!!
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bahahah i love disney retellings, so you had me hooked at evil disney!! the cover is also so beautiful, plus your review has me so pumped up to read it!! i cant wait to check it out ❤
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