The Grimm Diaries Prequels Volume 7- 10: Once Beauty Twice Beast, Moon & Madly, Rumpelstein, Jawigi

The Grimm Diaries Prequels Volume 7- 10: Once Beauty Twice Beast, Moon & Madly, Rumpelstein, Jawigi
By: Cameron Jace
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars

My knowledge on every fairy tail I ever knew is now twisted and revived.

Once Beauty Twice Beast

That was quite a take on my most favourite fair tail. And in a weird way it almost makes more since then the original. I loved the darkness, twisted, and turns. I enjoyed the input of the one person or evil that seems to be the one twisting, no pulling the strings, behind the scenes. So the question is, is any of theses so called fairy tail villain's really evil? I'm at a crossroads, there's no straight answer, just lots and lots of grey.

Moon & Madly

This story really got me in the girl feels. Though it is sweeter then the rest of the shorts by a miles, it still has that dark undertone, telling you it isn't going to end well. And it didn't, well not in the conventional way. It was a better-sweet ending, where I wasn't happy or sad, frustrate more like it. Oh the girl feels! Want I liked the most was Cameron's take on the moon, and how the moon was actually a girl, not a god, but a girl who could leave the night sky and come to earth, and in doing so, leaving that night sky empty, dark, no moon.

Rumpelstein

What a different take on two different tails sewed together. So many elements mix together and so many new things, dark things. Though I have to say this wasn't my favourite of the shorts, I don't know, I just couldn't get into that one like I did the others. But still, it was interesting and daunting.

Jawigi

I love this ending short, it was so different and twisted. The story of how the Queen of Sorrow gave birth to the monstrous Snow White, and how they already knew what she would become was strangely beautiful, in the motherly love, kind of way. The whole story was a deceit, a set up for something more important, then just a mere diary entry, meant for pity. I wasn't expecting the twist until it hit me in the face. Loved it!

All in all I highly recommend this book of shorts! They will twist your mind and make you rethink your favourite fairy tails, and make you wonder, who is the real villains?

Happy Reading

-Emily