Book Review : 'Twice upon a Time' by Payal Kapadia

‘Twice upon a Time’ is by Payal Kapadia. The story begins with Princess Keya, who was yelling at the top of her voice, just one thing, ‘Aaaaaiiiiiieeeeehhhh’, over and over again. 

I won’t go into the ‘aaiieeahhh’s more than once, but you must have got the point! It was such a loud yell that it shook the royal window boy out of his wits. Not just him but also, the plumber, the paratrooper and the scribe too. 

And they all had the ‘word royal’ before, to make it sound regal!! Wonder what they would call me, a ‘Royal Reviewer’, perhaps? 

Finally, King Ferrlip made it to her room, and yelled to her to open up. Then the entire thing happened, the King, the Queen and the maid, the royal etc came in. The princess was throwing a tantrum, because she was too tired, of being the princess and she wanted a replacement, to take her place.

That was a little shocking and the palace went into a royal turmoil. An announcement was written and was spread around. One such statement made its way into the house of Amar, Akbar and Anthony’s, who lived with their parents and little sister, Nyla. Now, Nyla never thought that she would go, but her brothers, managed to convince the young girl, to try out for the same.

Nyla went through and though she was not expected to get in, because she was a tomboy, and ended up being liked by Princess Keya… but she was in. So, now begin the stories of the two of them. The two girls meet, break a few customs, and grow a few pink rose plants surprisingly, put on a few dresses, take a few pictures and fly Dragons!!

They also have to deal with a few whimpering women, who belong to the Society of Snobs, and then we also have a couple of scrawny princes, and the conversation with the dragon, is probably the highlight of the whole thing.  It does not end here, because the two of them get into a pool in a forest. Led by, Nyla, Keya ends up in the pool, and handling bullfrogs in lotuses and also looking at reflections of two girls on two horses.

Then, comes up the whole deal with Mountains and how they are climbed? But, see am told that I should stop now, unless I want to put the whole story out here! Yikes! 

You can Buy the Book, right here.