Review: Waking the Vampire That Is Sleeping Beauty...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2013
Well, this prequel was MUCH better than the previous one,Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder ( A Grimm Diaries Prequel #2 ), but not quite as good as the first (Snow White Blood Red ( A Grimm Diaries Prequel #1 ).The writing was still juvenile and irritating at times, but the story itself was interesting. I understand that Peter Pan is forever a 16 year old boy, but his immaturity can be grating on the nerves. The Queen from Snow White returns in this installment which is nice since she brings a level of maturity and balance to things.I enjoyed the resurrection of Dracula, but once he started speaking like Pan, he too, got on my nerves. Mr. Jace has a great idea going on here with these stories...I only hope that for the full length novels he tones down the immaturity and silliness. It's like he's trying WAY to hard to be funny and cool, and it's coming across as very off-putting and desperate.I continue with these prequels and will read the novels because, as I said, underneath all the cheesy dialogue is a very interesting story. You just have to have some patience.