Isabella Fontaine

This book is quite entertaining for young adults audience. It is very well written and has a heroine as main character. She is full of life and counts on a giant speaking rabbit for her sidekick. Their task is to destroy the Corrupted, characters that came to life from Grimm's Fairy Tales after brothers Grimm draw them using a special magic ink. They live among humankind and are becoming evil by the minute. In order to destroy them, our heroine (Alice) has only one tool, a magic fountain pen that she can use to draw into reality anything that she imagines. The book as a matter of fact is a collection of three episodes. First one is called "Prince Charming Must Die", second one is "Happily Never After" and third one is "Revenge of the Castle Cats". At the end of the book you find fourteen original Grimm's Fairy Tales. It took me around fourteen hours to read the whole book.

I bought this book from amazon.com and opinion expressed here is my own.
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Alice is becoming more secure in her position as the hero. This episode takes Alice, Briar Rabbit and her best friend Sam deep into the Grayle’s corporation. The Grayle’s are several of Snow White’s dwarves that are now prominent businessmen in society. In addition to banking and real estate, they have developed a phone app game, Castle Cats that everyone is going crazy for. In true Corrupted style, the Grayle’s have put some subliminal code into their game to sell some more gross candy bars, they’ve also snuck in some code for everyone playing the game to track, photograph and eventually kill Alice.
This was by far the most exciting episode by far. Alice, Briar and Seth go on a suspenseful espionage mission deep inside Grayle headquarters. This really showcased Alice’s intellect, strength and will. I was glad that Alice was able to find a friend to share her secret with; Seth seems like a character that will grow on me. Seth is smart and his interest in computer programming is definitely a skill Alice could use, I also see some relationship potential here, but nothing has happened yet. I loved learning about the fairytale Hans the Hedgehog-another one I had no idea about. I also though the ending was awesome, it was something different and showed a different side to the Corrupted and Alice. I can’t wait for more!

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.… (altro)

200 years ago the Grimm Brothers brought their characters to life, destined to repeat their stories. The characters have integrated throughout society, but have become more corrupted throughout time. Alice has emerged as the hero, the one that can return the characters to their pages with the help of the Briar Rabbit. Now that Alice has gotten the hang of the hero business a little better, she has her next targets in her sights, Cinderella and one of the pesky seven dwarfs. Only, it seems that she is not the only one doing the hunting this time.

You will definitely have to read Episode #1 in order to be drawn in to this series and understand what is going on here. Happily Never After picks up shortly after Prince Charming Must Die. There is a little more action in this episode since Alice returns several characters to their rightful places, some more easily than others. She is growing and becoming more confident in her role, but she still has a ways to go. I was very pleased that there was a chapter from the Briar Rabbit's point of view, he is a wonderful character and always has something up his sleeve. The best part of this episode for me was when Alice was attempting to dispatch some shape-shifting siblings. Now, I really want to go back and read the original of that fairy tale. Another quick read in the Grimm Chronicles series, up next is Revenge of the Castle Cats.

This book is free on Kindle Unlimited if you want to check it out!… (altro)

Long ago, the Brother's Grimm set about writing their tales on magic paper with a special pen. The paper brought their stories alive- literally; the characters from each of the fairy tales began appearing in real life, destined to play out their stories over and over again. However, over time all of the characters became corrupted, evil and a menace to society. A hero emerged, a servant of the Grimm's realized the special pen holds the power to rid the Corrupted characters from Earth. Now, a new hero is needed. Alice is a high school student who has the most wonderful boyfriend that she can imagine, Edward. Edward is handsome, sophisticated, mature, rich and has parents that never seem to be around. With the end of the school year coming, Alice only has to pass her fencing final and has a volunteer position at the library coming up. In the library basement, she finds an interesting pen in between the pages of The Grimm Fairytales and her adventure as the next hero begins. Too bad her first mission is to kill Prince Charming.

I love fairytale retellings and this series of twelve stories about the Grimm's characters coming to life grabbed me right in the beginning. I loved Alice's character, she absolutely loves books, is into the sport of fencing, and is intelligent. She also makes realistic decisions for a teenager; I was impressed with her thought process about her friendships, alcohol and sex. When Alice learns about being a hero, she takes it slow and takes everything in. The Briar Rabbit as the hero's guide is awesome, I have a feeling that he will be a favorite character of mine in the books to come. I enjoyed that there were some lesser known fairy tales thrown in here, too; it definitely peaked my interest. Though I figured out who Prince Charming was right off the bat, this is a pretty awesome young adult fairytale retelling with a great heroine. I will definitely be working my way through the rest of the episodes.

This book is free for Kindle on Amazon if you want to check it out.… (altro)