From Beauty and the Beast to The Snow Queen, GRIM is full of fairy tale retellings from a collection of young adult authors. Myra McEntire, Amanda Hocking, Julie Kagawa, and many more work their magic under Christine Johnson in this collaboration of tales.

As a lover of all things fairy tale, GRIM is such a pleasure to read. The different worlds to be explored, the unique characters to get to know, the endings that never reveal their happiness level until the very last sentence, all await readers in this collection. All of the tales are short stories, so it also makes for not only a quick read, but a read that lets you pause between tales or even read alongside something else if you enjoy reading more than one book at a time. I love reading multiple books at a time, so being able to stop at a definite place between stories was excellent.

For the stories themselves, there are ones I love more than others, but there isn't any tale that I dislike. Themes range from incest to cannibalism to finding beauty to learning to love to much, much more, offering a little something for everyone whether you enjoy the more romantic side of the tales or the creepy, more than a little disturbing but in the best way side. My personal favorites are THE RAVEN PRINCESS, which shows that real love does not always lead to a traditional ending, THE REAL BOY, which is one of the sweetest stories I've ever read, and BEAUTY AND THE CHAD for its delightful quirky and awkwardness that make it so endearing.

If you have any interest in fairy tales, I highly suggest giving GRIM a chance. It is delightful and highly entertaining and makes for a perfect bedtime story (though you might want to keep a light on after reading some of them).