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It’s now been nicely over a yr because it was introduced that Fate: The Winx Saga wouldn’t be returning for a 3rd season on Netflix, having premiered its second season only a few months earlier than that. As you will have heard, nonetheless, the sequence will proceed in 2024 with the discharge of a brand-new comedian guide that picks up the place the present left off.
Despite its cancelation all that point in the past, the present stays one of the vital actively campaigned for titles to get renewed, even in 2024. Fans proceed to fill Netflix’s social replies with petition hyperlinks. One of the largest campaigns for the revival of the present now boasts over 150,000 signatures. Despite a devoted fanbase, on the time of cancelation we famous that seemingly poor viewership was behind the premature cancelation.
Novels for Fate: The Winx Saga isn’t new for the franchise, with two tie-in books having been launched alongside seasons 1 and a couple of from Ava Corrigan and Sarah Rees Brennan.
First unveiled at New York Comic Con on the tail finish of 2023, Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 1: Dark Destiny serves as a “continuation” of the Netflix Original sequence adaptation, which was minimize quick with some obtrusive cliffhangers.
Olivia Cuartero-Briggs is writing the brand new continuation however notably wasn’t concerned within the authentic present. That stated, she’s an ideal match for the franchise, having labored in each TV and comics earlier than. For TV, she’s labored on Queen of the South and The Arrangement. On the creator facet, she’s labored on Mary Shelley’s Monster Hunter and, extra not too long ago, Jill and the Killers, which has been receiving rave opinions.
Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau (Avatar: The Last Airbender Chibis Volume 1–Aang’s Unfreezing Day, Plants vs. Zombies) serves because the guide’s illustrator.
Book cowl for Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 1 Dark Destiny
What are you able to count on from the brand new novel? Reportedly the guide picks proper up after the place the sequence leaves off and guarantees to select up on the unfinished threads of season 2. Cuartero-Briggs additionally promised darker themes and plenty of new twists (peppered with some new romance). Here’s the official synopsis for the brand new guide, which runs at 102 pages, sourced from GoodReads:
“A short while has handed since Bloom entered the Realm of Darkness to seek out her mom, and she or he continues to be lacking. Despite this, her associates on the magical college of Alfea are gearing up for a brand new yr of courses, new college students….and new challenges. Still reeling from the lack of Bloom, Aisha, Kat, Terra, Stella, Musta, Riven and Sky are struggling to get used to their new regular.
When the varsity is attacked by fairy powers few have seen earlier than, our heroes are confronted with a thriller and an enemy that would spell doom for all of them. During their darkest hour, can they depend on the wielder of the Dragon Flame to return to them? Or has Bloom been misplaced without end?”
Fate: The Winx Saga Vol. 1 Dark Destiny might be launched in all good bookshops and on-line by means of storefronts like Amazon beginning July 2nd, 2024.
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