Almost There is the 13th Twisted Tale in the A Twisted Tale book series. It was released on September 6, 2022 in the US and is written by Farrah Rochon, who had not written a book in this series prior to this. It is based on the 2009 animated film The Princess and the Frog.
Summary
What if Tiana made a deal that changed everything?
Sometimes, life in the Big Easy is tough. No one knows that better than Tiana, though she also believes that hard work can go a long way. But when the notorious Dr. Facilier backs her into a corner, she has no other choice but to accept an offer that will alter the course of her life in an instant.
Soon Tiana finds herself in a new reality where all her deepest desires are realized―she finally gets her restaurant, her friends are safe and sound, and, perhaps most miraculous of all, her beloved father is still alive. She's got everything she's ever wanted...
But after a while, her hometown grows increasingly eerie, with new threats cropping up from unlikely places. Navigating through this strange new New Orleans, Tiana must work alongside Naveen and Charlotte to set things right―or risk losing everything she holds dear.
Plot
In a prologue in New Orleans, a young Tiana is enjoying cooking with her father James, from making gumbo and beignets with hopes of opening up a restaurant in the city. However in 1921, Tiana and her mother Eudora receive devastating news when they hear that James had died.
Five years later at the Lafayette National Cemetery, Tiana now a frog is running away from Dr. Facilier and his shadow minions with the talisman Ray had given her. After failing to make a deal to give her the restaurant, Facilier makes another deal with Tiana, he'll bring her father back to life with a potion to give to him to keep him alive and turn Naveen back into a human again in exchange for the talisman. Skeptical, Tiana then demands that he won't harm her family and give Louis and Ray a chance of being human. While Facilier agrees to the terms, he mentions that Ray is already dead and won't come back. Still distrustful, Tiana eventually agrees to the terms.
Trivia
- This is the 10th Twisted Tale that follows a Disney Princess. The others being:
- This is the first book written by author, Farrah Rochon in this series because the original 3 authors wanted the story to be authentic and wanted a black woman to write the story so that Tiana's story is represented as best as possible.
- This was released on the birthday of Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Tiana.
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International titles
- French: Au bout du rêve (At the End of the Dream)
- German: Der verzauberte Kuss (The Enchanting Kiss)
