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Grimm, Grime, and Curses

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2017

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Wilhelmina Grimm (publicly known as Mina Grime), is the great-great-lots more greats granddaughter of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, better known as the brother's Grimm. Generally known, the brother's were great fairy-tale writers that traveled the world and wrote incredible stories. Less well-known is the fact that they didn't actually write these stories, they were a part of them. Each story being a quest that they completed for the fae (fairies) and the ruling King and Queen of the fae, known as the Fates. Wilhelm and Jacob made a deal with the fae to stop the evil fae from coming to the human plane and feasting on innocent humans. The Fates agreed, so long as Wilhelm and Jacob could complete all of the fairy tale story quests. The brothers agreed to the terms, unaware that if they failed to finish all of the quests then the agreement would fall to their children. Now, generations later, Mina has been bestowed the family "curse" to complete the fairy tale quests that the brother's originally agreed to. Another unfortunate side-effect of the deal that the Fates didn't exactly explain was that whenever one of the Grimms died, all of the quests started over. All of the quests had to be completed and fulfilled by one individual.
Generations of Grimms have fought against the fae, trying to overcome the story, complete the tales, and ride the human world (and their family) of the fae curse. Mina, sheltered and unaware of the family curse due to her mother's constant vigilance, moving, and even going as far as changing their family name and cutting ties with all known relations, has now stumbled into her family curse. The storybook fairy tales and the family curse have finally caught up with her and her family and Mina realizes if her family is ever going to be free or able to live their lives (and further more if she wants to protect her 8 year-old mute brother from inheriting the curse in her place) she has to fulfill the family curse and somehow beat what not other Grimm has been able to before.
Mina's decisions on the fae plane to protect her family and take back her brother have cost her dearly and it's a decision that she becomes more and more aware of as things grow more dangerous. Losing Jared has crippled her, and not just against the stories, but emotionally as well. Lost and confused she turns to the Fairy Godmother's, pixie Ever, and nixie Nix with her pain and plight, hoping that they will be able to help her find answers and survive everything that is coming at and for her. Mercilessly, they all support her and tell her she can do the things she is facing, often offering little advice and only their trust and hope that she doesn't screw us, because if she does they'll all die-no pressure right? After her last quest she is even more stressed as Teague and the fairy tales tighten their grip and increase their demands as the Grimm's start disappearing and the Fairy Godmother's figure out that something is happening in the past that may make them all cease to exist. In a desperate attempt to set things right, Mina must travel far into the past and try to undo whatever is being done and ensure that she and the rest of the Grimm's are born. Will she make it back to the right timeline? Will she be able to figure out what is threatening her and her brother's very existence? What about all of her other unknown relatives? She tests fate, luck, magic, and her own daring as she takes a leap of faith and prays that her magic time-traveling slippers don't steer her wrong.
Good book recommend for females, teenage age, high school level. Deals with subjects of magic, fantasy, fitting in, communication, and understanding others differences.

Thewifeofcoach

Answers so many questions...while leaving the reader begging for more!

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019

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How did Teague split into Jared?
How did the Grimms come into the Fae Plane?
Why is Ever so I'm love with Jared?

All of this is answered in Reign. Using glass slippers, Mina travels back in time to the fae world to try and save her family...but can the past really be mended?

This story is an origin story, and it explains so many questions about the fae, Jared/Teague, and Ever. Once again, Chanda Hahn did a magnificent job telling the Story through Mina's point of view. Mina really shows off as the heroine, and shows other princesses how to be brave. I like how she doesn't really need a prince to save her always...but at the same time, she doesn't mind when they do.

Stacy L Sabala

Great story!

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2015

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Book Review- Reign by Chanda Hahn

Mina is trying to deal with the loss of Jared. She is devastated and when Teague comes threatening her for a mystery blade, Mina angers him with her heartbreak. She is also worried when her little brother’s image seems to flicker for a second as he tries to grab something he wants. She searches out the Godmothers Guild for help.
Something is trying to destroy the Grimm family line. Mina will have to go back in time to stop it. With the help of some glass slippers during a ball with Brody, Mina goes back to a time before Teague turns evil, back before Jared even existed. She learns what really happened and why Teague turned evil destroying what he did. She also learned why his vengeance is aimed at her family. She is shocked and saddened over the truth. She is full of guilt and anger when Teague strikes back at her in her time. She loses someone important and she has to figure out what to do next.
I love this series. This is book four and you learn exactly what caused it all. I didn’t see it coming until I read this book. Through the whole series you wonder why Teague is so evil. Now you know and why. It is interesting that the prophesy became a self-fulfilling one. If they wouldn’t have acted on it, it probably wouldn’t have come to pass. Got to love the logic in the Unfortunate fairy tales.
I love that Mina finally gets to be with Brody but sad to say that may not last long. It’s great to see Mina’s friends rally around her and accept everything in stride. She is no longer alone.
The ending was surprising. I was not expecting that to occur. So it will be interesting to see what Mina has to do in the last book. She has some new allies, so we will see. The author has written a fun series to read with great characters. I can’t wait to see what happens next. I give it a 4 out of 5.

LMR

Grimm Stories

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2014

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I really liked the beginning of Teague's story being told. Teague is a great good boy gone evil story. The Ever character was great and grew a lot in this story. I wish there had been more of Nix he is an awesome character as a Nixie or a human. I'm so glad Mina chose Nan to be her friend she trusts everything with the Nan character is a great quirky best friend. Mina wants to be a normal girl with a normal life but she seems so uncomfortable and lacking in self respect when she's with her human crush Brody then with the good Fae Prince she becomes natural. The good side of Teague really brings out Mina's spunk and personal strengths while his Dark Prince side brings out her courage and shows her she's powerful enough to protect the ones she loves. I like the way it seems maybe not all fairy good mothers are really good in this story. There seemed to be more typos in this book than the others just things like he where she is supposed to be small stuff like that but an easy read. I thought there were just a few contradictions from the earlier books like in this one it says she lost the Grimm book in the last quest but I thought it was given to her by the music GM at the end of the last book after she returned from the quest? But it was a great read and I can't wait to read the next one. I love the way the Teague and Jared character keeps switching between good and evil not just staying the same in every book. He makes a great evil villain and a charming Prince.

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TL Clark

Prince Charming the Pants off Me!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2015

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I love these books; they're my guilty pleasure!
I'm by no means the teenage/YA target market, and ordinarily I'd writhe in agony at the thought of authors tackling faery stories.
But Chana Hahn weaves her magic with a wonderful sense of mischief and wit.

The author writes her characters well and has a thrilling plot that keeps me completely hooked.
I mean seriously, late back from lunch, ignore my husband because I'm reading hooked!

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Meeting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2020

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Mina meets her great grandfather and the Prince who she claims she would tolerate but not love in their marriage

Kindle Customer

Bittersweet...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2016

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I loved how we finally found out what happened when Teague became evil! I love knowing the whole story! The fact that Mina had to try and become Teagues betrothed made the whole storyline even better! I was quite sad that Teague actually began to love Mina but she actually had to kill him! If she had fallen in love with him properly, and Ferah had been killed, she would've ruled alongside Teague and the curse would've been non-existent!!

Kellykelcox

Another great story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2019

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Love mina and Jared!! Absolutely love the wit in this book. A mix of romance and adventure this book is a rollercoaster ride. I read it so fast i then reread as I enjoyed so much.

StumpyB

Worth a read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2017

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I got a little addicted to this series and read the books one after another. I liked the characters and the premise. Definitely worth a read if you like reading books based around fairy tales.

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