A very interesting twist on the fairy tale genre. Reading this sort of felt like being in a teenage version of an episode of the Grimm television series. Mina Grime, short for Wilhelmina Grimm, is a teenage girl who is completely uncoordinated and awkward. Nothing ever goes her way. Strange things always seem to happen around her and when they do her mom packs them up and moves them to another town. Mina is happy where she lives now, she even has a best friend after staying in the same place for 2 years, so she isn't going to allow them to move again. So when yet another strange incident happens and her mom wants to pack and move on, Mina demands to know what they are running from. Turns out you really should be careful what you ask for...some things you may have been happier not knowing. 
 The characters are memorable, the modern twists on the fairy tales are inventive, and I look forward to reading book 2 in the series.