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Grim

Christine Johnson (Editor),

Kimberly Derting

Start date: December 2, 2020

Finish date: December 29, 2020

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Jan 11, 2016 Kira Simion rated it really liked it

As some of you know, Julie Kagawa is one of my favorite authors (for now) so I'm reading this because of
1. Retellings. Love em'.
2. Julie.
3. The cover. 0-0 Anyone want to teach me how to design covers like that?

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I rated this anthology as a whole. I really like retellings and as a whole, this book was splendid! I had some trouble figuring out a lot of the fairy tales though. >.>

While some were shorter than others and better, I blame either the theme and or the length.

4/5 stars. ...more

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Mar 04, 2014 Amie's Book Reviews marked it as to-read

GRIM is a collection of short stories by some of 2014's best writers of Young Adult fiction. These authors include: Ellen Hopkins, Julie Kagawa, Amanda Hocking and Malinda Lo.

I am not usually a fan of short stories, since their length often means that characters are left only half developed and the climax of the story is reached much too quickly. However, these short stories are the exception.

Some stories are modern day retellings of the classic fairy tales, such as LIGHT IT UP by Kimberly Dert ...more

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