On top of that, we now need to know the other two books (which I read YEARS ago and barely remember) I found that odd in a companion book and is more in line with a sequel. Now, suddenly, we are ripped out of the story and into a pity party for people whose parents have divorced. Where it went wrong for me was the jaunt out into the real world. The parents are good and evil, the ravens are about and we have a puzzle for the main characters to figure out.

I don't know why we always have to have a girl/boy combo as the MCs, but we do. While I really liked the other two books, I had some problems with this one. … Readers will rejoice.”- School Library Journal As innovative as they are traditional, the stories maintain clear connections with traditional Grimm tales while creatively connecting to the narrative, and all the while keeping the proceedings undeniably grisly and lurid. “The conclusion to the trilogy that began with A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010) and continued with In a Glass Grimmly (2012, both Dutton) is equally gorey and awesomely dark.

“Entertaining story-mongering, with traditional and original tropes artfully intertwined.”- Kirkus Reviews … Underneath the gore, the wit, and the trips to Hell and back, this book makes it clearer than ever that Gidwitz truly cares about the kids he writes for.” - Publishers Weekly starred review * “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and Gidwitz deploys his successful formula of bloody happenings and narratorial intrusion in his third and final installment of unexpurgated fairy tales. Two children venture through forests, flee kingdoms, face ogres and demons and monsters, and, ultimately, find their way home. It is the grimmest tale I have ever heard. (Okay, I guess that one’s not that grim…)īut they have nothing on the story I’m about to tell.

Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.Īnd in a tale called “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other.

A grimm conclusion