When You Wish Upon a Star, Elizabeth Lim
When You Wish Upon a Star, Elizabeth Lim
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When You Wish Upon a Star
A Twisted Tale

Author: Elizabeth Lim

Series: A Twisted Tale

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2023


Synopsis

What if the Blue Fairy wasn't supposed to help Pinocchio? This New York Times best-selling series twists another Disney classic into a harrowing story in which the Blue Fairy defies fairy law, setting off a dramatic chain of events.

"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight . . . " So begins the wish that changes everything—for Geppetto, for the Blue Fairy, and for a little puppet named Pinocchio. The Blue Fairy isn't supposed to grant wishes in the small village of Pariva, but something about this one awakens some long-buried flicker within. Perhaps it's the hope she senses beneath the old man's loneliness.

Or maybe it's the fact that long ago, before she was the Blue Fairy, she was a young woman named Chiara from this very village, one with a simple wish: to help others find happiness. Her sister, Ilaria, always teased her for this, for Ilaria had big dreams to leave their sleepy village and become a world-renowned opera singer. The two were close, despite their differences. While Ilaria would have given anything to have a fairy grant her wish, Chiara didn't believe in the lore for which their village was famous.

Forty years later, Chiara, now the Blue Fairy, defies the rules of magic to help an old friend. But she's discovered by the Scarlet Fairy, formerly Ilaria, who, amid a decades-long grudge, holds the transgression against her sister. They decide to settle things through a good old-fashioned bet, with Pinocchio and Geppetto's fate hanging in the balance.

Will the sisters find a way back to one another? Or is this, like many matters of the heart, a gamble that comes with strings?

Try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series:

A Whole New World by Liz BraswellOnce Upon a Dream by Liz BraswellAs Old As Time by Liz BraswellReflection by Elizabeth LimPart of Your World by Liz BraswellMirror, Mirror by Jen CalonitaConceal, Don’t Feel by Jen CalonitaStraight On Till Morning by Liz BraswellSo This is Love by Elizabeth LimUnbirthday by Liz BraswellGo the Distance by Jen CalonitaWhat Once Was Mine by Liz BraswellAlmost There by Farrah Rochon

About The Author

Elizabeth Lim was inspired to become a writer by the myths and fairy tales her father used to tell her when she was a child. In addition to being an author, she is a Juilliard-trained composer, and has written the scores to several award-winning films and video games. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she attended Harvard College and now lives in New York City with her husband. To learn more about Elizabeth, visit her site at www.elizabethlim.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Books_and_Crafts on September 23, 2023

Don't go into this book expecting Pinocchio, this is the Blue Fairy's story. It's cute :)......more

Goodreads review by Sherleen on January 11, 2022

Wow ok can't wait. WOOP Books by Elizabeth Lim's in the Twisted Tales series are hands down the best......more

Goodreads review by Panda on March 02, 2025

Audiobook (12 hours) narrated by Carlotta Brentan Publisher: Disney Hyperion While Carlotta Brentan is an award winning narrator, I found her to just be OK. Not bad or anything, or in the vicinity of difficult to listen too but a less than average enjoyability for me personally. The audio was fine. The......more

Goodreads review by Megan on April 04, 2023

It was okay, but for a book that is supposed to be about Pinocchio, he is barely in it and even when he is, it’s VERY brief. The actual story of Chiara and her family would have better suited as a stand-alone story, not tied to anything else. The plot got slightly boring and repetitive in parts, but......more

Goodreads review by Iris on November 21, 2024

"After all, Mamma always liked to tell her: A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.” "When You Wish Upon a Star" is an amazing addition to the Twisted Tales series. It is a story full of magic and enchantment, but also filled with a different type of magic: the t......more