Week 20 Review: The Forest Grimm

From Goodreads:

A spellbinding YA fantasy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie, where fairy tales come to life with dark, deadly twists.

"Tell me again, Grandmère, the story of how I die."

The Midnight Forest. The Fanged Creature. Two fortune-telling cards that spell an untimely death for 17-year-old Clara. Despite the ever-present warning from her fortune-teller grandmother, Clara embarks on a dangerous journey into the deadly Forest Grimm to procure a magical book—Sortes Fortunae, the Book of Fortunes—with the power to reverse the curse on her village and save her mother.

Years ago, when the villagers whispered their deepest desires to the book, its pages revealed how to obtain them. All was well until someone used the book for an evil purpose—to kill another person. Afterward, the branches of the Forest Grimm snatched the book away, the well water in Grimm's Hollow turned rancid, and the crops died from disease. The villagers tried to make amends with the forest, but every time someone crossed its border, they never returned.

Now, left with no alternative, Clara and her close friend, Axel—who is fated never to be with her—have set their minds to defying fate and daring to accomplish what no one else has been able to before. But the forest—alive with dark, deadly twists on some of our most well-known fairy tales—has a mind of its own.

My Review:
I had such a great time reading this book! I don't think I've finished any of her series yet, but I've enjoyed all of her books that I've read thus far, and I can't wait to read the sequel to this book! I loved this concept, and it was so well done! 

To have all these Grimm's Tales being played out in this forest, was pretty interesting, and I loved the different takes on the stories, and how they wove into the magic of this forest, and finding out what was going on, and trying to fix it. 

One thing that I really loved about this book was that Clara lost her shoe when they were with Ella-Cinderella. That they both had feelings for Axel, that Axel was supposed to marry Ella, yeah, that was a great twist on that story! 

This world of magic and fate and the Sortes Fortunae, was so interesting, and I loved seeing these characters try and find it, and all of their personal relationships adding some difficulties and understanding. It all came together really well, and I'm so excited how things are going to play out in the sequel! 

This was such a great read and I can't wait for the sequel! 

Author: Kathryn Purdie 
Series: The Forest Grimm #1
Read: May 14th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a 2024 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Wednesday Books 
Published: September 19th 2023

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