Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20160726221148/@comment-25926288-20160806013911

MBrody wrote: Eskaver wrote: MBrody wrote: I am really excited about this book. I had been thinking that there should be more Once Upon a Time books. I would like if Once Upon a Time had an Expanded Universe of books like Star Wars. That would be enjoyable. I just hope this book is more interesting than the Red book. I barely got through that. (It felt less like fantasy and more like realistic fiction.) Hmmm, I never read the Red book. I tend to like realistic fiction to a degree, but then again ASOIAF (the series that Game of Thrones originates from) sort of kills everything that comes close to realistic fantasy. I think I probably prefer fantasy, because I'm one of those people who reads to escape from reality. And so fiction that is too similar to real life I tend to lean away from. The Red book wasn't that bad, because it did have fantasy elements (magic, lycanthropy), but I just didn't find it as interesting as the show. Reawakened and the graphic novels, I did find as interesting. I love fantasy and depends on worldbuilding aspects too, to me. I don't think I ever picked a non-fantasy book to read just for fun. I loved the graphic novel stories, which would probably work as literal novels. It depends on the Author's style. She could be better at a "splice of life" fantasy/fiction and YA given that she's written Red and now Regina at their teen years.

I'm hoping for more magic especially with Cora available and even some nice internal conflict. I hope it doesn't just boil down to "Regina was sad after her mother used magic on her and some townsfolk. Regina met Daniel (or ???) and they talked. Hooray!" I'll have to get around to at least reading a portion of Red's story.