Her name is Rosalind and we get to read about how she met and fell in love with Belle’s father, Maurice. In this book though, we learn more about Belle’s mother. The animated Disney tale never refers to Belle’s mother and the live action version just shows a glimpse at Belle’s mother’s passing. “As Old As Time” asks “What if Belle’s mother cursed the Beast?” which is an interesting question. This month we read “As Old As Time” by Liz Brasell. Each book asks that “What If” question about a different Disney tale so they don’t have to be read in order either. This series is a great “What If” type of series where the good guy might not look like they’re going to win and everything seems to be going wrong. He worked as stable master at the castle and later helped Belle's parents smuggled Les Charmantes out of France until he was murdered by Frederic.In this month’s review we’re going to take a look at another book from the Twisted Tale Series.

She does so, and the Beast recruits some other wizards to help with his transformation. The Beast urges to let the servants back, and he'll remain in his current state. In the end, Belle's mother is weakened so much that she can either turn the servants to their normal selves or turn the Beast into his normal self. and she figured out the Beast's past and that the enchantress who cursed Prince Adam, was her own mother. The story has two different perspectives- How Belle's father met her mother, and Belle's perspective.īelle got in contact with the Rose, the enchantress. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast must work together to unravel a dark mystery about their families that is twenty-one years in the making.' Stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the beautiful Enchantress who cursed the Beast, his castle, and all its inhabitants. And that is her primary concern.īut Belle touches the Beast’s enchanted rose, intriguing images flood her mind-images of the mother she believed she would never see again. Belle also happens to be the captive of a terrifying, angry beast. She wants to explore the world, despite her father’s reluctance to leave their little cottage in case Belle’s mother returns-a mother she barely remembers. She longs to escape her poor provincial town for good. 'What if Belle’s mother cursed the Beast?īelle is a lot of things: smart, resourceful, restless.

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