Top 5 Favorite Disney Villains + Giveaway!

Hey guys! Today, I'm partnering with Disney Book Group to feature the newest installment in their Disney Villains Series, Mother Knows Best featuring the one and only Mother Gothel!

Disney Book Group has also provided me with a free and fantastic giveaway to go along with this post. But before we get to that, I'm going to share with you some information about the book, as well as my Top 5 Favorite Disney Villains! I hope you guys enjoy it ^_^

Mother Knows Best (VILLANS series, Book #5) by Serena Valentino

Publisher: Disney Book Group

Pub. Date: August 7, 2018

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound | Books-A-Million

The Disney VILLAINS series by Serena Valentino explores how the antagonists in Disney movies became some of storytelling's most iconic villains. In the first five VILLAINS books, we see how the Evil Queen, the Beast, Ursula, Maleficent, and Mother Gothel fall into darkness, through the instigation of the mysterious Odd Sisters: Lucinda, Martha, and Ruby.

The tale of the legendary golden flower is widely known. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the flower is coveted by an old witch to keep herself young and beautiful. And always the flower is used to save a dying queen, who then gives birth to a princess with magical hair. Not willing to lose the flower, the old witch steals the princess and locks her away in a high tower, raising her as her own. But the princess always finds out who she truly is and manages to defeat the old witch.

And yet this is only half the story. So what of the old witch, Mother Gothel? Where does she come from? And how does she come across the magical golden flower?

Here is one account that recounts a version of the story that has remained untold for centuries . . . until now. It is a tale of mothers and daughters, of youth and dark magic.

It is a tale of the old witch.

Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past decade. She has earned critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domains, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty, and extraordinary protagonists. The books in her best-selling VILLAINS series are best enjoyed when read in the following order: Fairest of All, The Beast Within, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Mistress of All Evil, Mother Knows Best.

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My Top 5 Favorite Disney Villains

(In no particular order)

Mother Gothel

Mother Gothel is my favorite villain of the recent Disney Villains, she's sassy and so wicked. Plus, she has one of the best villain songs ever!

Hades

Hades is probably the most GIF-able villain and that makes me love him even more. He's diabolic, he's hilarious . . . and somehow, he's also extremely relatable xD

Maleficent

Maleficent is an epic villain. She is so terrifying that even Aurora's mother called her "your excellency" . . . now only if the Queen had just issued her an invitation . . . 

Ursula

Now, here is a villain whose backstory I would love to learn more about. Why was she banished in the first place? Honestly, I always suspected (even as a child) that Triton and Ursula had some torrid affair or something haha

Gaston

Gaston, has always been an enigma to me because I hate everything about his personality, but I also . .  like him? There's something about him that's just so . . . fun?

Additionally, Gaston was played by Hugh Jackman (one of my favorite celebrities) in a Broadway production at one point AND by Luke Evans (who is just a delight) in the recent live-action film . . . and both of these men have just made this character somehow love-able to me. 

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR GIVEAWAY

Thank you, again, Disney Book Group for providing this amazing giveaway!

For hair as long and twisted as the one in this tale. One (1) winner receives:

1) Set of all 5 VILLAINS books,

2) Sephora “Perfect Hair Day” bundle pack.

Giveaway open to US addresses only. Prizing and samples provided by Disney Book Group.

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Who are some of your favorite Disney Villains? Let me know in the comments below!