Title: The Grimm Diaries Prequels 1-6Author: Cameron Jace
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy-tale Retelling
Published: November 19, 2012
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.
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The Grimm Diaries Prequels 1-6 recently made the Top 100 Kids & Teens Kindle Books of 2013 on Amazon, along with prequels 7-10, and Cameron Jace's Snow White Sorrow!
The Grimm Diaries Prequels 1-6 recently made the Top 100 Kids & Teens Kindle Books of 2013 on Amazon, along with prequels 7-10, and Cameron Jace's Snow White Sorrow!
About Cameron
Things you might want to know:
Cameron writes books that he can't find elsewhere, basically to amuse himself. Everything Cameron does is for fun, so don't take him seriously. Never call him a writer. He hates that. He prefers the word: Storyteller, or the boy next door who claims he can tell stories.
If you like his books, horaaaay! He loves ya too. If ya don't, hoooray! Now we know in advance that this relationship isn't going to work.
Although his books are ordinary on the surface, they hold many secrets that he might reveal one day. What matters the most to him are characters struggling to find their identities and place in the world.
Things you don't need to know:
He celebrates his birthday twice a year, the day he was born and Friday the 13th. He wants to live in a bubble house. He is a damn good guitar player. He is damn good architecture college drop out. He likes boats, beaches, bears, beards, bananas, bars, barfights, beans, bikes, bones, butter, babes, bakery, blizzards, and pirates (he thought it was spelled Birates when he was a kid.)
And honestly, writing in third person sucks! It's so fake.
My Review:
I have read the original Grimm fairy tales and they are dark. These stories are even darker. If you want to know what Rumpelstiltskin did with the babies he got, or how Dracula helped awake sleeping beauty then you will find very interesting answers by this author. I LOVED the different novellas and can not wait for the full versions. I hope that this author does all different fairy tales, and any other characters he can think of. I watch the television show "Once Upon a Time" and that is what these characters reminded me of. I also liked that there were magical items in the book as well. There is a fortune cookie tree,and immortals. The premise of the stories I also find very interesting. The Grimm Brothers know the true stories, but lessened the "horror" in the fairy tales to reach a larger audience. However not it is the character's turn to tell the truth , well at least every 100 years. I liked how there were letters to the Grimm brothers and how some of the bad characters finally got their say. I am giving this collection a 5/5. I was given a copy to review however all opinions are my own.
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