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The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm #9)
In the final volume in the Sisters Grimm series, Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms and their friends must face off against the Master to decide the fate of Ferryport Landing--and the world. When Mirror fails to escape the barrier using Granny Relda's body, he turns to his plan B: killing all the Grimms so that the magical barrier collapses. In the meantime, Sabri...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
May 1st 2012
by Amulet Books
(first published April 24th 2012)
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Is it true that this is the last book?! NOOOOOOOOO!!! I don't want it to end!! D:
*Four Months Later*
Wow... I mean...Wow!
This was crazy! I really can't believe it's the end! I'm gonna start them all over right now.
*Four Months Later*
Wow... I mean...Wow!
This was crazy! I really can't believe it's the end! I'm gonna start them all over right now.
May 31, 2012
☞Proud☜ ☺✌Bookworm☮♪
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Sisters Grimm fans eager for a good finale!
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My mom recommended the first one to me originally, so she technically recommended the whole series, right?
OH MY GODDDDDDDDD THEY HAVE A COVER AND A NAME AND STUFF AND IT'S GORGEOUSSSS!
I've been waiting far too long for this book! And May 8th 2012?! Do you wish to torture me, Mr. Buckley?!
**UPDATE 5/31/12**
I loved it. I really loved it. It was so awesome. I would have liked it if (view spoiler) and (view spoiler)...more
I've been waiting far too long for this book! And May 8th 2012?! Do you wish to torture me, Mr. Buckley?!
**UPDATE 5/31/12**
I loved it. I really loved it. It was so awesome. I would have liked it if (view spoiler) and (view spoiler)...more
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YES. YES YES YES. May 8 is my new Very Important Date. *dances* I am a happy reader.
When I think of The Sister Grimm series i think of a series that I have "grown into." If I had picked up th efirst book at the age that I am now, I wouldn't have even considered this. (luckily I didn't)
Anyway...
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE BOOK TO COME OUT!!! I mean, I really love the series and all but this is already like the ninth book in the series. Most readers will not even consider reading a series if it has more than six books in it.But, back to the main point...
CAN'T WAIT 'TILL MAY 8TH!!!
Anyway...
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE BOOK TO COME OUT!!! I mean, I really love the series and all but this is already like the ninth book in the series. Most readers will not even consider reading a series if it has more than six books in it.But, back to the main point...
CAN'T WAIT 'TILL MAY 8TH!!!
I don’t know if I’m calm and collected enough to write a proper review. But, I promise I’ll try my best.
Basically, this book is the last installment for the Sisters Grimm series and I must say, I’m completely, perfectly, undeniably disappointed on the ending. I've expected a lot of things from this book. I mean it’s the ending. It should be like a huge grand finale for the series I had loved and adored! But I was wrong.
There’s still adventure and it radiated what books did when you were readin...more
Basically, this book is the last installment for the Sisters Grimm series and I must say, I’m completely, perfectly, undeniably disappointed on the ending. I've expected a lot of things from this book. I mean it’s the ending. It should be like a huge grand finale for the series I had loved and adored! But I was wrong.
There’s still adventure and it radiated what books did when you were readin...more
So. It comes out on my birthday. No big deal. XD OMG. I CAN'T WAIT. <3
I just finished the book in one sitting, and I'm so....what.
I can't explain myself.
I think the beginning was pretty good, it started out well, re-introduced us to the main problems and how they were going to solve them - then, BAM, ACTION.
After that, the story was a big blur of secrets and revealing and dialogue and plotting things out, but I kept n thinking as I read the book "Who is this Sabrina?" because she changes so much through the course of events. I especially love how Puck tells her th...more
I can't explain myself.
I think the beginning was pretty good, it started out well, re-introduced us to the main problems and how they were going to solve them - then, BAM, ACTION.
After that, the story was a big blur of secrets and revealing and dialogue and plotting things out, but I kept n thinking as I read the book "Who is this Sabrina?" because she changes so much through the course of events. I especially love how Puck tells her th...more
I recently read the sisters Grimm the council of mirrors book 9. It was published in 2012. There are 333 pages. The author is Michael Buckley. This book is intended for 5th to 8th graders.
The main issue is that they need to defeat the master without hurting granny. The setting in Ferryport landing. The main characters are Sabrina. She loves her family and can’t control magic. Daphne loves her family, can control magic and there is magic within her.
They finally find there little brother. Now t...more
The main issue is that they need to defeat the master without hurting granny. The setting in Ferryport landing. The main characters are Sabrina. She loves her family and can’t control magic. Daphne loves her family, can control magic and there is magic within her.
They finally find there little brother. Now t...more
In the final novel of the Sisters Grimm Saga, Ferryport Landing is in utter upheaval. The girls find themselves faced with their biggest challenge yet as storybook characters have followed the Master of the Red Hand in an effort to get out of the town and take over the earth. Sabrina and Daphne have to do something but everyone keeps telling them they are just kids and let the adults handle it. When the magic mirrors make a startling prophecy the girls must do what is best for themselves and the...more
We're done! I had a love/hate--make that a like/hate--relationship with this series. After slogging through all nine books, I have grown fond of the main characters. My 9-year-old LOVED the books, and I had lots of fun reading them to her, sharing oohs and aahs and laugh-out-loud moments.
BUT. Honestly. This saga could easily have been covered in 3 or 4 books, not nine. You think J.K. Rowling overwrites? If you cut out the excess verbiage in The Council of Mirrors alone, the book could be reduced...more
BUT. Honestly. This saga could easily have been covered in 3 or 4 books, not nine. You think J.K. Rowling overwrites? If you cut out the excess verbiage in The Council of Mirrors alone, the book could be reduced...more
The ninth and final book, The Council of Mirrors was a strong finish to a great series. Like usual, it's hard to look at a series critically until you've read it all. When they're spread apart, a year or more between books, some of the story elements that work really well as a whole come across as weak or disappointing. Take The Inside Story, book 8, for example. I didn't love it. Not because it wasn't a good element of the greater story arc, but because I'd waited a year for that book and then...more
What a finish! Great ending to a great series. In this final installment, Sabrina very much comes into her own and (finally) is the hero we were all waiting for her to become.
Without giving away too much, I will say this one reminded me very much of "A Wrinkle in Time," which is awesome because that is one of my favorites. It was a dynamic I hadn't considered before, but Sabrina Grimm is very Meg Murry-like. And Daphne, with her magical abilities that Sabrina lacks is Charles Wallace-like and,...more
Without giving away too much, I will say this one reminded me very much of "A Wrinkle in Time," which is awesome because that is one of my favorites. It was a dynamic I hadn't considered before, but Sabrina Grimm is very Meg Murry-like. And Daphne, with her magical abilities that Sabrina lacks is Charles Wallace-like and,...more
The Sisters Grimm are Sabrina, age twelve, and Daphne, who is eight. This is the ninth and final book in “The Sisters Grimm” series. The premise for the story is that fairy tale characters are real beings known as “Everafters” and that years ago Wilhelm Grimm brought them all to America, established a city named Ferryport Harbor in New York state on the Hudson River for them, built a magic wall around it to protect them, and appointed his descendants to watch over them. However, war has broken o...more
Finally, the last book in the series. I've enjoyed the Sisters Grimm series very much, although it has gone on for years. I am glad to have a finish to it all. As with any series, you begin to run into repetition and the characters quirks can begin to grow bothersome. In particular it felt as if Sabrina's character lacked growth but that could be simply due to her character. She just wasn't as lovable or enjoyable as Daphne, but that's the way it was supposed to be. There was less action, or wha...more
I've been intrigued by the Grimm sisters, Daphne and Sabrina, ever since this series began, and while some of the titles among the nine available have been better than others, all of them have something to offer, especially to anyone who loves fairy tales or the Brothers Grimm. In this, the final book in the series, everything comes to a head in Ferryport as war breaks out, and both sisters will have to rely on their unique strengths to lead their band of Everafters. While some characters are be...more
Granny Relda's body has been kidnapped by Mirror, who is trying to use her to get out of Ferryport, which is a complete wreck. Sabrina and Daphne's parents are back with their traumaztized baby brother Basil. When the Wicked Queen comes back and puts the fragment of the other magic mirrors back together, they deliver a prophecy-- only the girls can save the Everafters. Sabrina puts together a coven, they gather their forces, and have to fight the evil Atticus. There are huge battles, lots of act...more
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It's time for the final battle.
There's almost no one left to fight, but they'll fight anyway.
Witches, fairies, knights, bears, princesses, and more, but what it really comes down to is two girls.
Together, the Mirrors have presented a prophecy that states that the only hope to survive and defeat the First is the skills and determination of the Sisters Grimm: Sabrina and Daphne.
Unfortunately, Sabrina can't bring herself to believe that she and her sister ca...more
It's time for the final battle.
There's almost no one left to fight, but they'll fight anyway.
Witches, fairies, knights, bears, princesses, and more, but what it really comes down to is two girls.
Together, the Mirrors have presented a prophecy that states that the only hope to survive and defeat the First is the skills and determination of the Sisters Grimm: Sabrina and Daphne.
Unfortunately, Sabrina can't bring herself to believe that she and her sister ca...more
Four years ago I began reading the Sisters Grimm. The series had begun awhile earlier so I read from book one to two to three and on with the dreaded words "to be continued" at the end. I found myself looking at the last words first just to see.
This year I have a group of students reading the series - "Mrs. Eaves, I couldn't believe it when I got to the end 'to be continued.' How could they!" I went to the bookstore yesterday in search of The Council of Mirrors. I knew it was supposed to be "the...more
This year I have a group of students reading the series - "Mrs. Eaves, I couldn't believe it when I got to the end 'to be continued.' How could they!" I went to the bookstore yesterday in search of The Council of Mirrors. I knew it was supposed to be "the...more
Nov 15, 2012
Winson Chin(nese) Chen
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Sabina was very sneaky, curious, and courageous. She was brave throughout all the adventures. She kept secrets, she was brave enough to stand up to a person who had powers, and she sneaked away on her own.
Sabrina and her sister Daphne were chosen as the ones to save the world from a team called The Scarlet Hand. They had a family and a team of their own which was a very small amount. Soon they recruited more members. Then war came and Sabrina planed the first few attacks. Then they moved their...more
Sabrina and her sister Daphne were chosen as the ones to save the world from a team called The Scarlet Hand. They had a family and a team of their own which was a very small amount. Soon they recruited more members. Then war came and Sabrina planed the first few attacks. Then they moved their...more
Your parents were kidnapped by Little Red Riding Hood. The Mayor of the town yells “off with your head” every time she sees you. The little Mermaid has threatened to feed you to a giant Crab if you so much as set food in the ocean again. Nearly every other fairy tale creature, called everafters, hates you because you’re the only thing holding them back from escaping a little town called Ferryport landing. Ferryport landing was built as a place for everafters by the brothers grimm, but in order t...more
My children and I eagerly awaited the ninth and final chapter in the Sisters Grimm story. We love this series! It is written for children 8 and up so it is a bit "young" for us (my daughter just turned 11) but you know, it really doesn't matter for it is a great series with wonderful characters and overall just a splendid story.
The Council of Mirrors is a group made up of all the mirrors that were made. They produced a prophecy about Daphne and Sabrina and their role in the over-throwing of the...more
The Council of Mirrors is a group made up of all the mirrors that were made. They produced a prophecy about Daphne and Sabrina and their role in the over-throwing of the...more
Jun 09, 2012
Mackenzie
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5 of 5 stars
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fairy-tale,
fairies,
everyday-life,
animals,
monsters,
witch-wizard-werewolf,
magic,
spies
Oh my freaking god!!! I freaking loved this book!!! It was funny, action-packed, and so twisting. At the very end (thirteen years later) when Sabrina is about to get married to a guy ned Bradley, I was like, what the hell????!!! I thought Sabrina was going to marry Puck. But Puck ends up coming to the wedding. Then it has another thirteen years later after that part and Sabrina is married with two daughters: Alison and Emma. She hears a scream and Sabrina and her other daughter Emma rush in to...more
I was actually more inclined to give the book 3 1/2 stars rather than 4; but since I can't give half stars, I decided I'd go ahead and round up rather than down.
My biggest gripes with the story (and why I wanted only 3 1/2 stars instead of 4) were the major plothole/inconsistency at the end that was never clearly addressed and the scenario in the very last epilogue - two huge problems that I just couldn't ignore. I suppose the plothole/inconsistency (no mention of what happened to the Scarlet H...more
My biggest gripes with the story (and why I wanted only 3 1/2 stars instead of 4) were the major plothole/inconsistency at the end that was never clearly addressed and the scenario in the very last epilogue - two huge problems that I just couldn't ignore. I suppose the plothole/inconsistency (no mention of what happened to the Scarlet H...more
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm have finally learned who is behind the Scarlet Hand - and the truth couldn't be more heartbreaking. Now, in the final installment of the epic fairy-tale detectives series, the Grimms must find a way to put a stop to the evil once and for all.
One of my most anticipated books this year (and the past few years, as well - curse you, Michael Buckley, for taking such a long break to write other things!), I put a hold on it as soon as it popped up in the library catalog. And, e...more
One of my most anticipated books this year (and the past few years, as well - curse you, Michael Buckley, for taking such a long break to write other things!), I put a hold on it as soon as it popped up in the library catalog. And, e...more
This book was a satisfying conclusion to The Sisters Grimm series. The Council of Mirrors, the final book of the series, is about Sabrina and Daphne with the Everafters fighting their final battle against the Master and his army. The book starts off with them preparing for the battle, which includes Sabrina and Daphne fulfilling certain tasks. After completing their tasks and defeating the Master's army, Sabrina and Daphne are face-to-face with the Master. The fate of the world rests in the Grim...more
My Review: Michael Buckley created a fairy tale that revolves around several well-known fairy tale characters such fairies, giants, witches, monsters, princesses, Magic Mirrors, flying carpets and many. This is the final book in the series called The Council of Mirrors.
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are descendants of one half of the Brothers Grimm and it’s their duty to keep their eyes on the Everafter Community.
Everafter has taken up resident in Ferryport Landing and the town is being destroyed by...more
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are descendants of one half of the Brothers Grimm and it’s their duty to keep their eyes on the Everafter Community.
Everafter has taken up resident in Ferryport Landing and the town is being destroyed by...more
The ninth and final book of the Sisters Grimm series. A semi-satisfying conclusion. This series is a fun, but equally serious at times, look at fairytales and if all of them were true. Fairytale characters, also known as Everafters, are stuck in a small town called Ferryport Landing. An evil group called the Scarlet Hand. An Everafter war. And a family of Grimms. Awesome. Very punk rock. Love Mr. Canis and Red. Their characters and story is great. The Wicked Queen and Snow White's story was abso...more
This is what the book would be like if I were in it.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Mallory who got a call from Sabrina Grimm in Ferryport Landing.
"Hello? Is this Mallory?" Sabrina said through the phone static.
"It is," replied Mallory blowing out bubbles from her smoke pipe.
"I could really use your help. My granny has been captured and possessed by an evil mirror. We need you to stop him and free my granny!" Sabrina cried.
Mallory checked her calendar. "I suppose I have time to run...more
Once upon a time there was a girl named Mallory who got a call from Sabrina Grimm in Ferryport Landing.
"Hello? Is this Mallory?" Sabrina said through the phone static.
"It is," replied Mallory blowing out bubbles from her smoke pipe.
"I could really use your help. My granny has been captured and possessed by an evil mirror. We need you to stop him and free my granny!" Sabrina cried.
Mallory checked her calendar. "I suppose I have time to run...more
**spoiler alert**
First of all, I would like to say that I have read and enjoyed books 1 through 8 of the Sisters Grimm series. Most of the characters were likeable, the scenarios were entertaining, and the battle was, if nothing else, interesting. That being said, I was disappointed with the conclusion, in particular the ending. The battle/war scenes were well written, but some of the plot twists, such as the death scene after the wedding, were predictable. The ending, though predictable, could...more
First of all, I would like to say that I have read and enjoyed books 1 through 8 of the Sisters Grimm series. Most of the characters were likeable, the scenarios were entertaining, and the battle was, if nothing else, interesting. That being said, I was disappointed with the conclusion, in particular the ending. The battle/war scenes were well written, but some of the plot twists, such as the death scene after the wedding, were predictable. The ending, though predictable, could...more
GOD MY CHILDHOOD ALL CAME BACK TO ME WHILE READING THIS BOOK.
I was obsessed with The Sisters Grimm all throughout elementary and middle school. I wrote fanfiction about this series. Reading this book was like stepping back into those times. Holy hell.
I'm really glad that Buckley found a way to save Granny, however cheesy the "defeating Mirror with love" gig was. Because I struggled forever while writing my fanfiction, and I eventually ended up having Sabrina sacrifice Granny to stop Mirror from...more
I was obsessed with The Sisters Grimm all throughout elementary and middle school. I wrote fanfiction about this series. Reading this book was like stepping back into those times. Holy hell.
I'm really glad that Buckley found a way to save Granny, however cheesy the "defeating Mirror with love" gig was. Because I struggled forever while writing my fanfiction, and I eventually ended up having Sabrina sacrifice Granny to stop Mirror from...more
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Buckley was born in Akron, Ohio. He tried his hand as a stand-up comic and lead singer for a punk rock back before attending Ohio University. After graduating with honors he moved to New York City to be an intern on the Late Show with David Letterman which led to stints developing programming for Discovery Networks, MTV, MTV Animation and Klasky Csupo (pro...more
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