Entwined Analysis

The setting of Entwined is familiar in some ways, and quaint in others. It's definitely a made-up fantasy setting (don't go looking for Eathesbury on Google Maps), but it's got elements of our worl...

Third Person (Limited Omniscient)  / AzaleaWe get to know Azalea pretty well during the course of the book, and it's no surprise, because our third person narrator hangs out with her the whole...

Azalea struggles with a lot of normal teenager stuff: her relationship with her parents and siblings, developing her first crush on someone, and figuring out how to navigate the obstacles life thro...

Azalea is our main viewpoint character, and even though we largely see things through her eyes, her perspective is not the same as our overall third-person narrator, who basically sets the tone for...

When we read that Bramble's "thin red eyebrows arched above her forehead" (10.70) that paints us a nice descriptive picture of how she looks in that moment. In general, the style Entwined is writte...

Okay, peeps, there are a few layers to Entwined, so here goes:The Entwine is a court dance where the male partner tries to ensnare the female partner using a scarf that they're both holding the end...

The Entwine, also known as the Gentleman's Catch, is an amusing and challenging redowa suitable for accomplished partners. Of Eathesburian origin, it dates to circa 1635, when Chevalier De Eathe (a...

With the High King finally dead and gone, Azalea's life starts to return to normal… except she hasn't heard from Mr. Bradford in a while, so she starts to worry that maybe he doesn't love her eno...

What could be simpler than a fairy tale about twelve dancing princesses, right? Hold your horses, there, Shmoopsters—because Entwined touches on some complex issues like grieving and family relat...

Missing MomAzalea's life isn't bad as firstborn princess of Eathesbury… until her mom dies. Suddenly Azalea has to look out for her younger sisters (all eleven of them) while navigating her dad's...

The author of Entwined, Heather Dixon, holds a BFA in animation and also works as a storyboard artist. (Source) According to Dixon, the setting of Entwined is built on contrasts: the dark palace ve...

There are a couple kisses in this book, but overall they're pretty tame. The topic of s-e-x never comes up except indirectly (since these twelve princesses had to come from somewhere, if you know w...

Entwined is set in a pseudo-European-ish past with magic in it (see the "Setting" section for more on this), so we're not expecting to see a ton of references to contemporary pop culture or really...