What if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?
Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.
This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries. The diaries are more of teasers for the upcoming series: The Grimm Diaries, allowing you to get a glimpse of what to expect of the series. The 6 diaries are told by The Evil Queen, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, the Devil, Prince Charming, and Alice Grimm
The first book in the Series will be out in February 2013, called SNOW WHITE SORROW.
Series Description:
The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years. They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic conflict between fairy tale characters.
List of the available Grimm Diaries Prequels:
Book One:
Snow White Blood Red
(narrated by The Snow White Queen)
Book Two:
Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder
(narrated by Alice Grimm)
Book Three:
Beauty Never Dies
(narrated by Peter Pan)
Book Four:
Ladle Rotten Rat Hut
(narrated by Little Red Riding Hood)
Book Five:
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Book Six:
Blood Apples
(narrated by Prince Charming)
Book Seven:
Jawigi
(narrated by Sandman Grimm)
Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.
This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries. The diaries are more of teasers for the upcoming series: The Grimm Diaries, allowing you to get a glimpse of what to expect of the series. The 6 diaries are told by The Evil Queen, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, the Devil, Prince Charming, and Alice Grimm
The first book in the Series will be out in February 2013, called SNOW WHITE SORROW.
Series Description:
The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years. They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic conflict between fairy tale characters.
List of the available Grimm Diaries Prequels:
Book One:
Snow White Blood Red
(narrated by The Snow White Queen)
Book Two:
Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder
(narrated by Alice Grimm)
Book Three:
Beauty Never Dies
(narrated by Peter Pan)
Book Four:
Ladle Rotten Rat Hut
(narrated by Little Red Riding Hood)
Book Five:
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Book Six:
Blood Apples
(narrated by Prince Charming)
Book Seven:
Jawigi
(narrated by Sandman Grimm)
I enjoyed this take on the classic Fairie Tales. This volume covered 6 different stories but managed to intertwine them, even to the point of intertwining stories that never were intertwined before. It was great and very entertaining. These are a darker version than many are probably used to and without giving any spoilers I will just say that I'm still not convinced about Snow White! I am definitely going to get the next 21 volumes and the 2 full length books that are available about Snow White and Cinderella. Can't wait. :-)
Reviewed by Charmayne
Reviewed by Charmayne