A review by sarah_kurtz
Once Upon a Time: Henry and Violet by Michelle Zink
2.0
As the second book that I’ve read in this series of Once Upon A Time Continuations; this is not it for me. Just, nope.
While I understand that it serves a purpose, filling in the gap of time between Season 6 & Season 7, and what happened to Henry and Violet…after reading it I would have been fine just not knowing, too.
It’s written a bit like fan-fiction, which is OK and to be expected. But overall, I felt it was lacking good context. Basically, the moral of the story is Henry is so ‘in love’ with Violet he will blindly follow her into whatever she asks. But Violet pretty much doesn’t feel the same. Or, she might have, at one point.
This follows a school trip to NYC where Henry & Violet once again run away to do their own thing. Throughout the day as they run off on their own, they run into a bunch of problems, and ultimately everything is resolved but they break up. (And now you don’t have to read it.)
Finally, something that personally really, really irritated me was that Regina is HARDLY mentioned and when she is, Henry refers to her TWICE as Regina and not Mom. I’m sorry. But no. I cannot see that happening.
While I understand that it serves a purpose, filling in the gap of time between Season 6 & Season 7, and what happened to Henry and Violet…after reading it I would have been fine just not knowing, too.
It’s written a bit like fan-fiction, which is OK and to be expected. But overall, I felt it was lacking good context. Basically, the moral of the story is Henry is so ‘in love’ with Violet he will blindly follow her into whatever she asks. But Violet pretty much doesn’t feel the same. Or, she might have, at one point.
This follows a school trip to NYC where Henry & Violet once again run away to do their own thing. Throughout the day as they run off on their own, they run into a bunch of problems, and ultimately everything is resolved but they break up. (And now you don’t have to read it.)
Finally, something that personally really, really irritated me was that Regina is HARDLY mentioned and when she is, Henry refers to her TWICE as Regina and not Mom. I’m sorry. But no. I cannot see that happening.