Thank you to NetGalley and Running Press for providing this book, with my honest review below.

I love a good fairy tale, and Grimm and Grimmer offered me some short and sweet versions of my favorites along with a few I was less familiar with but enjoyed reading for the first time. While this is described as a more modern retelling, I did not get that, but there was a pally tone to these stories that has the author arching his eyebrow along with the reader at the absurdity of some of the plots, which gave it the same feeling as a buddy read.

If you love fairy tales and aren’t an aficionado for some of the Grimm Brothers lesser known stories, the tone of these makes them a lot of fun to read!

This was a strong collection of fairy tale retellings, each story worked with what I was hoping for and still had the magic that I was looking for. Mark Russell has a strong writing style and was able to weave a strong story for each of these. I really enjoyed reading this and am excited for more.