If you enjoyed the film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms then you will probably like this full length movie-tie-in book too. I have always been fond of the original Nutcracker story and ballet score, so this past Christmas I was thrilled to get the Disney Nutcracker movie, its soundtrack and this book too. You could say that it was a Cracker of a Christmas.
I love this book. It's a beautiful hard-back with gilded cover art, deckle-edged pages and a scarlet ribbon bookmark. It's such a pretty collector's book and it goes perfectly in my fairytale bookcase, which is now so full of wonderful books I'm wishing I'd bought a bigger bookcase!
Not only does this novel tell the story of the film, but it also goes much deeper into the story, narrating how Clara's mother, Marie, created the Four Realms in the first instance and how she came to know Drosselmeyer. The novel also recounts why sweet Sugar Plum turns out to be not so sweet, with her sugar-coated venom...well, we've all known someone as two faced as that!
It's a lovely novel that gives background to the film and keeps the Nutcracker magic alive in a new way for these coming winter months, when you want to escape to somewhere magical. The perfect book to curl up with by the fireside on a cold winters day, whilst nibbling on sugar mice and playing the musical score in the background, which is exactly what I've been doing today.
Enjoy...
Enjoy...
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