Fate Be Changed

A Twisted Tale

By: Farrah Rochon

Narrated by: Lucy Rayner

What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? This New York Times best-selling series twists Disney•Pixar's Brave into a fast-paced story in which Merida is sent back in time.

If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as princess of Clan DunBroch, she has certain obligations—but that doesn’t mean she has to like it. Especially when one of those obligations means losing her freedom by becoming betrothed to a man she has never met. Merida balks at this tradition, but her mother Queen Elinor insists that Merida must do this to embrace her role as future queen.

Determined to chart her own path, Merida follows magical wisps to a witch’s cottage, where she is given a magic pastry and promised it will incite “a great transformation” in her mother. But instead of feeding Elinor the pastry, Merida eats it herself.

Merida awakens in the past, a now-teenage Elinor holding a knife to her throat and accusing her of espionage. She’s been transported to a time when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch are bitter enemies. And it just so happens that the timing of Merida’s arrival has kept Elinor and Fergus from meeting.

Will Merida be able to bridge the rival clans, help her parents fall in love, and change her own fate?

All of it

This made me want to watch the movie again! I really liked it a lot and it made me want to see these characters again. Loved every bit of it ❤️❤️❤️

Better ending than the movie!

Fate Be Changed by Farrah Rochon was a very nice retelling of the Disney movie Brave. This was not my favorite Twisted Tale in the series of standalones, but it was very sweet and nicely done. I enjoyed that they kept Merida strong-willed and stubborn. I loved that many of the movie's main features remained the same, but the journey to get there was really enjoyable. I listened to this on Audible and absolutely loved the narrator, Lucy Rayner. No matter the story, she has a knack for bringing it to life and really does a great job of differentiating between male and female characters. I could feel the emotion of each scene, and she really brought this story to a higher rating for me than I would have given it if I'd read it. The plot was really enjoyable, and I liked the ending as it was fully wrapped up. I especially loved the development between Merida and the witch (Freya). All in all, it was a cute read, and I enjoyed the ending far better than the movie.