Review: Okay prequel - sets the scene
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
(Source: Downloaded for free from Amazon.)This is the second in a series of prequels, to the Grimm Diaries. (The first isSnow White Blood Red ( A Grimm Diaries Prequel #1 ) ( Edited and Revised ))17-year-old Alice Grimm is a descendant of the famous, fairy-tale writing Brothers Grimm. She is flying to venice to inspect the remains of an 800 year old Italian witch, who has been found in her grave with 7 nails through her jaw, and seventeen glass slippers surrounding her.There is a question as to whether this is possibly Cinderella, but Alice is fairly sure that it isn't. Cinderella has been cursed and trapped in a dream somewhere, and Alice believes that by helping the dead witch, she can help Cinderella.With the aid of a dream-hunter called Loki, Alice goes into the dead witch's dream, in an attempt to help Cinderella.This is the second prequel to the full novel `Snow White Sorrow', and introduces us to the character Loki, who I think is set to be a main character in the full length novel.There is a lot of information crammed into this short story, which makes it difficult to follow at times, but once again the story does set the scene for the forthcoming novel.The world in which these stories are set certainly seems complex, and while I wouldn't say that these prequels are compulsive reading, I would say that I am looking forward to `Snow White Sorrow' which is due for release in October!6.5 out of 10.