Ever After High: Once Upon a Time: A Story Collection

I am a new adult fan of Ever After High. I don't have any dolls yet, but I've seen some of the webisodes. I got this book, because it was recommended to me to read, even though I saw the webisodes about the different characters, this book tells stories of some of the characters of their home life before they go to Ever After High. I think the book was well written and the pages are decorated so beautifully. I think it is for about middle school aged kids but I didn't care. I loved the book.

...Ever After High. There were previous releases of short stories for Ashlynn, Raven, Hunter, Madeline, Apple and Briar - but somehow a lot of the others were missing. Now you can have some more insight in the stories of the other characters like Lizzie or Cedar - I hope there will be more releases regarding other pupils background stories like cupid for instance.

A great read! I just finished reading this book to my 6 yr old the other day and it was pure delight for both of us. She'll no doubt read the books again when she's old enough (maybe 11 or 12), and she can finally catch the fun nuances she misses now. This book is definitely for people who are already familiar with the Ever After world. It provides satisfying insights into a number of characters, and for some characters adding whole new dimensions to them. As if Shannon Hale had to do anything more to make me her fan, this supplementary book is just delicious! Being an anthology, it's more lighthearted than her "Story Book of Legends" 3-book set, and easier to digest for my 6 yr old (though my daughter loves the trilogy too). There are so many intriguing characters in the Ever After world, it was great fun to get to know more of them better. I knew I'd enjoy this book, and I still enjoyed it more than expected. The stories really serve to deepen ones sense of the characters, especially providing richness to the minor characters that we rarely hear about enough. As a bonus, it included the first 2 chapters of Ever After High: Next Top Villian by Suzanne Selfors. Selfors' writing style is different than Hale's of course, but I think it seems consistent enough that if you get hooked on the books by one author, you'll enjoy the books from the other, too. I must admit that for me, the books have ruined the TV show because it just pales in comparison to Hale's books. For my 6 yr old, the books heightened her love of the TV show. Regardless, we both are enjoying this Ever After world that Matel created, and I'm grateful they hired such top talent to bring it all together. See my review of the Story Book of Legends 3 book set for more detail on why I love, love, love Ever After High!

I think that this was a good book.For aged 5-10. I rated this book 5 stars because it tells a lot about the characters from ever after high. My favourite chapter was Briar Beauty And The Jewelry Thief. I liked all the excitement to find that it was just Briar's brothers!

I loved it, but why are there 2 books in the pictures???