Twice Upon a Time

Twice Upon a Time is James Riley's next book in the Half Upon a Time trilogy.

In this book, three months have passed since the events of the last book. Our heroes have discovered that allegiances are not where they were thought to be, and that they could not have been more wrong about the identity of May's grandmother. Rather than Snow White, Jack and friends set the Evil Queen free from the Huntsman's capture.

So now our heroes are trying to discover May's true identity as well as defeat the Evil Queen.

We go from Neverland to pirates to merpeople to fairyland. Prince Phillip finds his Sleeping Beauty, much to his dismay and May's. And Jack makes a decision that forever changes everything, much to May's extreme horror.

I wanted to strangle a couple of fairies in this story, one in particular. The one that laughed in the scene before Jack made his choice. You'll know what I mean.

But, wow. Practically nonstop action in this book, just like the last. But also like the last book, Riley makes sure a couple of his heroes get a few seconds' breather every now and then to become better friends.

Even if there is that prophecy hanging over their heads.

In the last book, the Evil Queen claimed that the Mirror had told her the future: One of May's companions would betray her, and the other would die.

By the end of this book, May is certain she knows which is which. And it hurts. A lot.