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Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today:
Ellen Hopkins
Amanda Hocking
Julie Kagawa
Claudia Gray
Rachel Hawkins
Kimberly Derting
Myra McEntire
Malinda Lo
Sarah Rees-Brennan
Jackson Pearce
Christine Johnson
Jeri Smith Ready
Shaun David Hutchinson
Saundra Mitchell
Sonia Gensler
Tessa Gratton
Jon Skrovron
- Sales Rank: #218124 in eBooks
- Published on: 2014-03-01
- Released on: 2014-02-25
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
Johnson’s anthology of retold fairy tales, most based on Grimm, should be wildly popular as the 17 authors include such well-known names as Ellen Hopkins, Julie Kagawa, Amanda Hocking, and Malinda Lo. Many authors bring the tone and focus back to the original Grimm tales, and graphic gore abounds. Sometimes the violence feels gratuitous, but often it’s completely appropriate. Rachel Hawkins’ opening story sets Bluebeard in a trailer park, with truly creepy foreshadowing from the heroine’s alcoholic mother. Jon Skovron’s “Raven Princess” has delightful contemporary touches, such as a same-sex giant couple rearing an infant, and a Shrek-like ending. Readers are bound to like some stories more than others, but the diversity of tone and treatment should please most fans of the genre. For many of the authors, the retold fairy tale is something new to their body of work. Hopefully, readers drawn by Ellen Hopkins’ novels on contemporary issues will discover the appeal and relevance of “tales as old as time,” such as Sarah Rees Brennan’s charming treatment of Beauty and the Beast. Grades 8-12. --Debbie Carton
Review
"An engaging and delightfully grotesque read....Grim is indubitably a modern, coming-of-age compendium for teens who face change and self-doubt daily." -VOYA
"The stories are quick, but packed with vivid worlds, macabre storylines, and characters you will love and hate.... If you are looking for a change of pace and don't mind short stories, definitely pick up a copy of this book!" -San Francisco Book Review
About the Author
Christine Johnson grew up in, moved away from, and finally came home to Indianapolis, Indiana. While she was in the “away” part of that adventure, she lived in Chicago, Illinois, where she attended DePaul University and majored in Political Science. She now lives in an old house in an old neighborhood with her kids and way too many books. Find her on the web at http://www.christinejohnsonbooks.com/ and on Twitter @cjohnsonbooks.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A Must Read for All Fairy Tale Lovers!
By Jessica S.
Grim is the ultimate anthology for all fairy tale lovers! Even better if you like YA, because this is written by YA authors! There was only a small handful of authors in this one that I already enjoyed, but overall I loved this anthology! The fairy tales retold or totally imagined in the fairy tale world were all enjoyable on some level. A few were about tales that I didn't know, so it sometimes made it harder to grasp the story, but overall, this was an incredible anthology!
Since anthologies are always hard to review, I'll just say a few things about each of the stories. And I already reviewed Julie Kagawa and Rachel Hawkins' stories earlier since they were free reads from Amazon!
Figment by Jeri Smith-Ready was an intriguing tale. I am not quite sure what creature it was that was involved. But it was a nice story that dealt with good luck and what an inspiring musician does with it when it falls into his lap. 4/5 stars
The Twelfth Girl by Malina Lo is a retelling/spin on The Twelve Dancing Princesses! One of my favorite fairy tales! True to the story, in some sense twelve girls go to a magical place and dance the night away. But Liv, the newest girl was unaware of the cost that was paid in order for them to go there. 3.5/5 stars
The Raven Princess by Jon Skovron is a story much in the sense of classic fairy tale telling. I am not sure if this one already exists, but it was just beautifully told. A princess was cursed to be a raven and then a young man is determined to do everything possible to help her break the curse so that she may be human again. It was quite the tale and had some twists I didn't expect! 5/5 stars
Thinner than Water by Saundra Mitchell was a Princess in Disguise retelling, yet another fave of mine. It's the creepy one where the father wants to marry his daughter because his dying wife asked him to marry none other than a woman who's beauty surpasses her own. And naturally the king realizes that's his daughter. Creepy, right?! But this one didn't go as far as I thought it would and had a very interesting twist at the end! 5/5 stars
Before the Rose Bloomed by Ellen Hopkins is a retelling of the Snow Queen. It pretty much felt like a simple retelling. It's been awhile since I read that tale so I couldn't figure out what was different from it. Other than the spin with demons! 3/5 stars
Beauty/Beast by Tessa Gratton is a retelling of the classic and favorite tale! It was quite surprising too, because Beauty tries to escape multiple times. There were some other differences going on, and its ending too was another shocker, but I liked it overall! 5/5 stars
Untethered by Sonia Gensler was an intriguing story about a mother and daughter mourning the loss of their sister/daughter. I felt like I knew what was going on all along in some sense. But there was a "knowledge" of sorts that a character had that kind of confused me in the end. But still a very enjoyable tale! 4/5 stars
Better by Shaun David Hutchinson was a sci-fi story in the extreme. We're talking a colony of people living on a spaceship looking for a planet where they could live without the Disease that is running rampant on the ship. A girl was created to help the scientist in finding the cure. She's not human but close to it. It was a bit odd sometimes, because I wasn't fully grasping the whole going ons, but it was still an intriguing and chilling story! 3.5/5 stars
Light it Up by Kimberly Derting is a retelling of Hansel and Gretel and oh how I loved it! Kimberly already wrote the chilling Body Finder series so I was eager for her tale. And to have a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel was just awesome! I especially liked some of the hat tips to the classic tale throughout the story! 5/5 stars
Sharper than a Serpent's Tongue by Christine Johnson was an intriguing tale. I'm not sure if it was a retelling, but it goes to that a pair of sisters were gifted/cursed by their neighbor. One spills forth flowers and gems when she speaks and another snakes and frogs. You can bet which one the drunken mother wants to keep. It definitely had a decent set of fairy tale elements, but I felt like it ended too soon. 4/5 stars
A Real Boy by Claudia Gray is a Pinocchio retelling and it was done quite well! Instead of a magical puppet, we get a robot who's so very nearly human! But it's in a futuristic world where robots are little more than slaves. And you can bet there's something brewing between boy and girl in this one. It was quite intriguing and I liked how our heroine was named Blue. Felt like another hat tip to the Blue Fairy! 5/5 stars
Skin Trade by Myra McEntire was another odd tale. This one was definitely creepy and that going for it, but I was left confused with what we were dealing with. A group of boy (teens) spend their time singing in a band and then skinning people. See this is where I got a mite confused, I didn't know what they were and what precisely were they doing with said skin. It tended to be girls that they skinned and naturally, one of the band members is falling in love with a girl who one of the others wants to be their next target... 3.5/5 stars
Beauty and the Chad by Sarah Rees Brennan was another Beauty and the Beast retelling but so fun and unique! I was a bit confused at first with the Chad, but I soon was able to figure out the twist. This Beast is not like any other we've dealt with and I really enjoyed the twist of our fairy tale world mixed with modern world! 5/5 stars
The Pink: A Grimm Story by Amanda Hocking is another recreated or retold fairy tale that I am unaware of. Unless it's a totally new idea! It is another one that has all the fairy tale details down to a tee! Magic, enchantments, spells, girls turning into girls from a flower and back again! Quite the stuff of magic! But yet, I found it lacking a bit in some areas, but it was still an enjoyable tale. 3.5/5 stars
Sell Out by Jackson Pearce was a retelling of Snow White. Another modern setting, but still filled with magic. Wherein the "prince" isn't a prince, but a guy who has magic powers and can bring back the dead to life with a kiss and they are restored. When his next assignment is the girl who tormented him throughout his school years, he has a tough choice to make. I thought this one was okay, but the ending soon became a bit rushed and the ultimate decision that was made didn't make sense to me in some ways. 3.5/5 stars
So overall it was an incredible anthology. I suppose I ought to add up the numbers and then divide to create the official rating, but that's not what I'll do. This one was really good and while I may not have loved every story, I did think those were still pretty well told! This is the perfect anthology for all lovers of fairy tales and I urge you to buy a copy as soon as possible, as you won't be disappointed! Now if only I had the time to freshen up on my fairy tales, then I could go back and maybe understand a few of these that confused me...
Overall Rating 4/5 stars
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Great collection of dark fairy tale retellings
By Karissa Eckert
I got a copy of this to review through NetGalley, thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Teen for giving me the opportunity to review this book. I love fairy tale retellings, so I was very excited to see what these stories were all about.
Below you can find brief recaps of each story in the anthology and my rating of it. All of these fairy tale retellings are supposed to be dark fairy tale retellings. Some of the retellings were of more obscure Grimm fairy tales that I had never heard of before. For example the Grimm Brothers The Robber Bridegroom, The Pink, Cat Skin, and The Shroud. It was interesting to read retellings of some less known fairy tales.
My favorites in the book were Figment by Jeri Smith-Ready (a Puss in Boots retelling), The Twelfth-Girl by Malinda Lo (retelling of The 12 Dancing Princesses), The Brothers Piggett by Julie Kagawa (retelling of The Three Little Pigs), Better by Shaun David Hutchinson (wonderful sci-fi retelling of The Pied Piper), and A Real Boy by Claudia Gray (Pinocchio retelling).
I have read most of these authors before but was introduced to a couple new authors I would love to read more from. I absolutely adored Shaun David Hutchinson’s retelling and will be checking to see what else he has written. I have never read anything by Sarah Rees Brennan, but her story of The Beauty and the Chad was hilarious and really well done.
Overall a decent collection of fairy tale retellings. Like most anthologies it is a bit hit and miss, however if you enjoy fairy tale retellings I definitely recommend picking this up. There are some retellings of some more obscure fairy tales and it was fun to read and learn about those. See below for list of stories and story ratings.
The Key by Rachel Hawkins (3/5 stars)
A retelling of Bluebeard, I wans’t a big fan of this story. It's about a girl whose mom is a psychic. It was very short and very predictable.
Figment by Jeri Smith-Ready (5/5 stars)
A retelling of Puss in Boots. Very sweet story about a struggling musician who gets a magical stuffed cat when his father dies. Very hopeful, creative, and interesting.
The Twelfth-Girl by Malinda Lo (5/5 stars)
Retelling of The 12 Dancing Princesses I loved this and wish it had been a full length book! There are so many engaging and interesting things going on in this story and it was absolutely beautifully written.
The Raven Princess by Jon Skovron (⅘ stars)
A retelling of The Raven. This was a very nice classic fairy tale story with an excellent twist at the end.
Thinner than Water by Saundra Mitchell (⅘ stars)
A retelling of Cat Skin, similar to Cinderella. Beautifully written story, but disturbing as well (incest, rape, and violence).
Before the Rose Bloomed by Ellen Hopkins (⅗ stars)
Retelling of the snow queen. I thought it was a bit dry and boring. I didn't really like the character much and thought it wasn’t all that creative.
Beast/Beast by Tessa Gratton (⅘ stars)
Retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Beautifully written but not all that creative.
The Brothers Piggett by Julie Kagawa (5/5 stars)
Retelling of the three little pigs...I really loved this retelling and enjoyed how the wolf was depicted! This fairy tale has definitely been twisted around by Kagawa and it was great!
Untethered by Sonia Gensler (4 / 5 stars)
Retelling of The Shroud. I enjoyed it. I liked the twist of how the story was told and thought it was well written.
Better by Shaun David Hutchinson (5/5 stars)
Retelling of the Pied Piper. I would have loved to read a whole book about this. This is beautifully written, very creative, and was set in a wonderfully imagined sci-fi world. Really excellent. I loved the twist at the end.
Light it Up by Kimberly Derting (⅘ stars)
Retelling of Hansel and Gretel. This was super creepy in a very serial killer type way. It was well written and overall I really enjoyed it.
Sharper than a Serpent's Tongue by Christine Johnson (⅘ stars)
Retelling of Diamonds and Toads. I enjoyed reading this but didn’t think it was spectacular or all that unique.
A Real Boy by Claudia Gray (5/ 5 stars)
Spectacular retelling of Pinocchio that is set in the future. This had a very iRobot feel to it, but also some romance. Incredibly well written, better than anything else I have read by Claudia...I really loved this. I would love to read a book in this world.
Skin Trade by Myra McEntire (3/5 stars)
Retelling of The Robber Bridegroom. Very creepy story about a group of boys who kidnap girls, peel off their skin, and eat them. It was okay.
Beauty and the Chad by Sarah Rees Brennan (⅘ stars)
Another Beauty and the Beast retelling. This was a very cute retelling of Beauty of the Beast. It was by far the funniest and most heart-warming story of the bunch, I really enjoyed it.
The Pink by Amanda Hocking (⅘ stars)
Beautifully written retelling of the Carnation or the Pink. It wasn’t all that creative, a pretty straight forward retelling, but it was well written and I enjoyed the happy ending.
Sell Out by Jackson Pearce (⅘ stars)
Most likely a twisted up retelling of Snow White. This was an interesting story about a boy who has the power to revive the dead with a kiss. This was a sweet and short story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
As a huge fan of fairy tale retellings, I really enjoyed the many interesting takes and retellings of classic fairy tales
By Tiffany Michele (BookAndCoffeeAddict)
All of the short stories in Grim are retellings of classic fairy tales – and not the sanitized, Disney versions, oh no, these stories stay true to the essence of the original tales, which are much darker, grittier, and, in some cases, bloodier.
With all the big name YA authors in this anthology, I wasn’t surprised to find all the stories well-written, however, I was surprised by how dark some of the stories were. Although the collection is categorized as YA, I would recommend it for older, more mature YA audiences as there are instances of some possibly triggering events: “Thinner Than Water” by Saundra Mitchell deals with forced incest (A king wants to, and does, wed and bed his own daughter – not graphic, but emotional) and “Better” By Shaun David Hutchinson has a short, non-graphic sexual assault scene. Not that all the stories are dark, one story in particular, “Beauty And The Chad” by Sarah Rees-Brennan is on the lighter side and very funny.
There’s a good selection here with some modern retellings, some set in the fairy tale settings of olde (in a kingdom far far away during an indeterminable time), and yet others set in a technologically advanced future with a definite Sci-Fi feeling. To give you an idea of the many different characters encountered throughout this collection, you will find psychics who live in a trailer park, a cursed princess in a far off place, a robot who wants to be “a real boy”, and a hipster Snow White, among others.
As a huge fan of fairy tale retellings, I really enjoyed the many interesting takes and retellings of classic fairy tales in Grim, some of them were really creative and different and it made this anthology stand out in a very good way.
*I received a copy of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
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