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A review by starcake
Frozen 2: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr by Mari Mancusi
4.0
I thouroughly enjoyed reading this book. I saw this book on the bookshelves at Walmart a while back, and thought of reading it, as I saw Frozen 2 and was really curious about Agnarr and Iduna's love story. I saw a youtube video which reminded of it, and I spent the whole reading it lol. I'm so glad I did, since I really enjoyed reading their personalities and getting to know them, rather them just being nothing more than Anna's parents. I was surprised to find out they were spunky and silly and very playful, just like Anna. The book is filled with them just acting silly, playing hide and seek, doing silly dances etc. The book filled in the questions I had about the movie. Their love story was just the cutest, typical of any YA love story. This book is YA, though I would argue it younger YA/older MG.I though initially it was middle grade, though the scenes b/w them were typical YA ,a little more kissing than I anticipated. I think if it wasn't Disney, the author might have put out more lol. The love story is what I enjoyed the most ,and I LOVED the references it made back to the movies.
-Conceal, don't feel is referenced many times and is used by Agnarr as a motto.I was surprised to learn it was taught by his regent, and it is so deeply engrained in him I understand why he told Elsa all those years
-Do the next right thing is taught to Agnarr from his friend stuck in the mist
-I LOVED the chocolate reference. There is a scene where Iduna sneaks chocolate from a table at a ball, which I think correlates to Anna singing about stuffing chocolate in her face
-The most hilarious I found is that the way Kristoff tried proposing to Anna with the reindeers ,IS EXACTLY HOW Iduna proposed to Agnarr.
I loved finding out more information about the story, a few thoughts I had were
-I had wondered why the parents never told Anna or Elsa they were half-Northaldran. Turns out Iduna didn't even tell her husband literally until A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THE VOYAGE.I thought she would tell him before the wedding, but seriously in the 21 years they were married, she never had one moment to tell him? I find it hard to believe.
-I liked reading about Rita, agnarr's mom. She has a tragic story, turns out she was deeply depressed and unhappy stuck in a loveless marriage. Maybe Anna or Elsa could meet her in the future!?
-It really seems the book is trying to justify them locking Elsa up, in the ship, Iduna even questions if they made the right choices, and Agnarr says they did what they thought was right. I'm not sure what to feel about them, since I never felt they were terrible parents. The general consensus is they were terrible parents, so idk? Then again, what do I know. I could be wrong
-Conceal, don't feel is referenced many times and is used by Agnarr as a motto.I was surprised to learn it was taught by his regent, and it is so deeply engrained in him I understand why he told Elsa all those years
-Do the next right thing is taught to Agnarr from his friend stuck in the mist
-I LOVED the chocolate reference. There is a scene where Iduna sneaks chocolate from a table at a ball, which I think correlates to Anna singing about stuffing chocolate in her face
-The most hilarious I found is that the way Kristoff tried proposing to Anna with the reindeers ,IS EXACTLY HOW Iduna proposed to Agnarr.
I loved finding out more information about the story, a few thoughts I had were
-I had wondered why the parents never told Anna or Elsa they were half-Northaldran. Turns out Iduna didn't even tell her husband literally until A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THE VOYAGE.I thought she would tell him before the wedding, but seriously in the 21 years they were married, she never had one moment to tell him? I find it hard to believe.
-I liked reading about Rita, agnarr's mom. She has a tragic story, turns out she was deeply depressed and unhappy stuck in a loveless marriage. Maybe Anna or Elsa could meet her in the future!?
-It really seems the book is trying to justify them locking Elsa up, in the ship, Iduna even questions if they made the right choices, and Agnarr says they did what they thought was right. I'm not sure what to feel about them, since I never felt they were terrible parents. The general consensus is they were terrible parents, so idk? Then again, what do I know. I could be wrong