The Grimm Conclusion
Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.
Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.
Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.
And in a tale called “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. (Okay, I guess that one’s not that grim . . . )
Those are the real fairy tales.
But they have nothing on the story I’m about to tell. This is the darkest fairy tale of all. Also, it is the weirdest. And the bloodiest. It is the grimmest tale I have ever heard. And I am sharing it with you.
Two children venture through forests, flee kingdoms, face ogres and demons and monsters, and, ultimately, find their way home. Oh yes, and they may die. Just once or twice.
That’s right. Fairy tales are awesome!
About the Tales Dark and Grimm Series
Books in series order
- 1.A Tale Dark and Grimm(2010)
- 2.In a Glass Grimmly(2012)
- 3.The Grimm Conclusion(2013)
Reading age: 9+ years
Reader, beware!
Warlocks with dark spells, hunters with deadly aim, and bakers with ovens retro-fitted for baking children lurk within these pages.
But if you dare . . .
Follow Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into the wilds—where magic, terror, and a little bit of humor shine like white pebbles lighting the way. It may be frightening, and it’s certainly bloody but, unlike those other fairy tales you know, these ones are true. Once upon a time, you see, fairy tales were awesome!
In this mischievous and utterly original series, Hansel and Gretel and a host of other curious fairy tale characters walk out of their own stories and into other classic Grimm–inspired tales. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive—the characters that populate these strange and wonderful stories are about to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.