Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale

Written 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?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Apr 2, 2024
• ISBN: 9781368097031

Farrah Rochon

Farrah Rochon hails from a small town just west of New Orleans. She has garnered much acclaim for her New York Sabers football series for Harlequin's Kimani Romance imprint. Farrah has been nominated for the prestigious RITA Award from Romance Writers of America and the RT BOOKReviews Reviewer's Choice Award. She can usually be found on Twitter or at a Broadway show.

Reviews for Fate Be Changed

[cutesy_nay · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this so much felt like a whole new story

[briandrewz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I've only seen the Disney movie "Brave" once. So, I could hardly be called any sort of authority on it. However, this retelling, which asks the question "What if the witch gave Merida a different potion?", feels like an extension of the film. Like others in the series, the book may be a bit slow to get set up, but once it gets going it's quite fun.'

Recommended for any Disney lovers out there who wonder what would've happened had things played out a bit differently.