Review: Excellent, Well-Written, But Short
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2012
"The Grimm Curse" was a very well-written novella by Stephen Carpenter. Although it was written for a young teen audience, I still found it to be an entertaining story. The characterization was good and the plot was definitely interesting and unique. The chills were mild for an adult but would certainly thrill a younger audience. I don't understand the negative reviews that criticize the writing quality, because this was an excellent, well-written story in every way.As other reviewers have said, this book seems to be a prologue for a series. I received it for free, but I would have been unhappy with the length if I had paid $2.99 for it. "The Grimm Curse" is certainly worth full price in terms of quality,  but I have a personal price limit on what I pay for shorter works and full-length books. For example, I paid $2.99 for Mr. Carpenter's full-length book "Killer" and and consider it to be a bargain.I hadn't realized that this book was the basis for the television series "Grimm". As an adult, I relate better to the characters as adults, but "The Grimm Curse" would be a wonderful YA book series that would still appeal to adults. In a perfect world, Mr. Carpenter would write two series, one with a teenaged Jacob, and a parallel one with Jacob as an adult. I would be happy to read both.