Isle of the Lost, The-A Descendants Novel, Book 1: A Descendants Novel (The Descendants)

My 7 year old got super hooked into Descendants and after binging them all this was a great way to hold her interest while also giving her something really meaty to read. She is a little young for this but loved that it reveals back and side stories on her favorite characters.

As a child, it was hard not to breath a sigh of relief when the evil Disney villain was defeated. The Evil Queen, Jafar, Maleficent and many MANY more were completely awful to the characters the movies were focused on making us love and want to emulate. But, what if, after the happily ever after, the villains survived and were exiled to an island of their own? This is the basis for Melissa De La Cruz’ The Isle of the Lost : A Descendants novel.Mal remembers the party she wasn’t invited to as a child, and she remembers her mother, Maleficent, banishing Evie and her mother, the Evil Queen, away from the rest of the villains in exile on the Isle of the Lost. But it’s been over ten years, and a new year of school; Mal is ready to make her Mom proud and when she hears rumors of magic returning to the island via her mother’s scepter, she sets out, along with a few other teens to recover the artifact. No Matter What.It was great to read this story, and I am greatly anticipating the tv movie about the children of the villains. It was great to hear that Cruella De Ville, Jafar, and even Gaston had children, but part of me was wondering where the spouses were. Sure, the villains don’t get the happy ending, but how do kids happen on this island?There were also parallels to Auradon—the island where King Beast and Queen Belle live with other princes and princesses living closely in other regions of the country. I enjoyed reading the pieces of story that the Prince was given, especially considering he keeps dreaming of a purple-haired girl VERY similar to someone on the Isle of the Lost ( ::cough: Mal:Cough:: ).Melissa De La Cruz continues to write in a compelling way, and really tackles the ensemble cast well. While Mal was clearly the star, there were elements where Evie, Jay and Carlos were equally balanced and developed. De La Cruz also writes the converse of the Isle of the Lost, Auradon very well.I recommend this to young and old, go out and pick up your copy today (it came out on May 5th in hardcover) and, if we get enough sold, maybe we can get this to be a bigger series!

I can only think of one word to say about this book is WOW!Melissa de la Cruz has always been one of my favorite authors, especially after this book. Okay so probably the characters actually belong to Disney but with this book we understand the characters and how they become the way they seem like in the movie Descendants.Mal, the daughter of Maleficent (and her namesake) has always been trying to make her mom proud of her. But the one problem is that Maleficent doesn’t seem like she ever will be proud of her daughter. This is especially true in this little prequel book of the movie.Jay, the son of Jafar, doesn’t really seem like he is that evil in this book. He just wants to have a place that really makes him belong and with Mal, Evie, and Carlos he has found that. Even though he, much like Mal, doesn’t seem like he will ever make his dad proud of him.Evie, the daughter of Evil Queen, can be seen even in this book that she is quite smart and not as vain as her mom, which can be a good or a bad thing. Probably with Evil Queen she wouldn’t be proud of her daughter being smart and not focusing on her beauty. Though she along with the other two aren’t doing their parent’s justice/evil and that is something that every second generation villain wants to try and do. But also wanting to do something better than their parents as well.Carlos, the son of Cruella De Vil, is the youngest of the other three and is really trying to get more credit and love in his mom’s eyes but this is hard for him as his mom’s one true love isn’t him. Carlos is quite smart which is something that is needed in this little rag tag gang of “friends”. But like the first three he is also a disappointment to his mom.We also see a little bit of Auradon but not a lot since this book is mostly about the main four starting to become “friends”. This book is really good and I am giving it a five butterflies.I’m also happy to say that this book is good and now I can’t wait to watch the movie again and see if I like the movie even more now. 😀 I’m also hoping that there is another book!!!Anyways until next time enjoy this book review brought to you byBaroness’ Book Trove.To read more book reviews like this one please go to my book review blog site @ baronessbooktrove. Thanks so much! You won't regret it!!!

Got this as a gift for my seven-year-old niece, who is obsessed with the series. I wanted something to challenge her reading skills and it’s perfect. I’ve read tons of great reviews about the contents of the book as well. Happy with the book so far.

I find the books are better then the movies and you get way more back story and content it was a good read

My daughter is obsessed with the Descendants movie and wanted all the books to read. With the 4 movie coming out she is excited to read that one before watching the movie. Highly recommended!

I had this book in the fifth grade, I got it at a Scholastic Book Fair. Sadly I lost it in the time that I did have it, so I re bought this so could have it again. I don’t remember much of the book but I know it was amazing.

It takes a long time before you get to the actual story of the book, and those chapters were painful to read through, I found it very boring. But when you get through the first chapters and they actual story starts, it is really fun, and I hope the next book will just be fun. Since the description of the setting, describe the characters and place, and show the personality for the characters are done. That part could definitely have been written better, but if you're used to fantasy books with long explanations of just everything, the first part of the book will be "easy peacy." If not, we'll just remember it gets really fun after about 40% through the book. And those 40% is worth it, getting the next 60% of a really fun and interesting story. The book sets up the story, so the next books in the series have the potential to become amazing.

It arrived in great condition. As a person who liked the movies I couldn’t resist myself and I had to get this. I read it in one sitting. I liked the story!

Livro. Muito bom, recomendo MT, além de vir com fotos exclusivas de descendentes 2, a história é muito boa.

Wie beschrieben ,Lieferung OK alles zeitnah geliefert. War ein Geschenk

I bought this as a gift to my daughter and she likes it

It is so good I have read it 2 times and the formal of the book is also so great it good for any person who loves Disney