• Mother Knows Best

  • The Villains Series, Book 5
  • By: Serena Valentino
  • Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
  • Length: 8 hrs
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (775 ratings)

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Mother Knows Best

By: Serena Valentino
Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
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Publisher's summary

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.

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Great background story

Not my fav Disney story in general but this gave me a better appreciation for the original.

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The BEST of the series

The story was so detailed and entertaining. The performance was magnificent. Some villains are born, some are made by good intentions with horrible actions. FABULOUS read!!

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amazing

loved this story! the author does an amazing job!! Can't wait to listen to the next one in the series!

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Great listen

Wonderful all the way around ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m excited to add the book to my collection! Hands down

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Mother Gothel explained so well

Love how it gives you the story of where she goes when she’s not with Rapunzel and why she wants the flower so much!

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Good but not great

This one was good but not as good as the other ones have been.

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wow not at all what I expected

love how each books adds more to the story! it's one long narrative that I can't get enough of and each book adds more more details and connections between characters! can't wait to read the next one!

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Love all of her books!

I've listened to all of the Serena Valentino books and have loved every one of them! The story is great and I love the narrator. I would highly recommend the whole series!

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love them all

I am in love with this series! so excited to keep reading. I wonder what will happen next! the odd sisters are great characters

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Amazing!

I have loved all the books in this series, but this one stands out as one of the darker stories, and i cannot wait to devour the next in the series!

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